Conversations in Radio, Art, and Music: Lesbian Dialogues

The dialogues of lesbian lives and ideologies are closely intertwined with feminist action and perspective. In this exhibition, we’ll outline some of the currents that have aligned these two conversations. We will also highlight pieces from our digital collection where these dialogues manifest in radio, art, and music, and we’ll explore the spaces where those took place.

Navigate to “Women’s Spaces” to learn about the evolution of feminist broadcasting, or visit “Feminist Movements” to understand the different conversations that arose from consciousness raising, Black lesbian feminism, and lesbian separatist movements. You can also visit the “Related Materials” page to find referenced materials, related works from our collection, as well as a list of our sources.

The graphic below visually represents the expansive network of feminist radio programming uncovered in the research for this exhibition. Through exploring these connections, we seek to understand how and why they formed, and we also delve into the conversations that were simultaneously ignited in other forms of media and expression.