Browse Items (2 total)

• 

  Deborah Edel, Joan Nestle & Judith Schwarz Interview
  

  Deborah Edel, Joan Nestle, and Judith Schwarz discuss the formation of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in the 1970s. They detail how the Archives grew out of a consciousness raising group through the Gay Academic Union in 1973. They talk about the mission of the archives, to ensure that lesbian voices and culture were heard and preserved. They also talk about the growth of their collections through donations of books, papers, and photographs from the lesbian community.

  Tags Communities, Consciousness Raising, Deborah Edel, Gay Academic Union, Interviews, Joan Nestle, Judith Schwarz, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Lesbian Studies
• 

  Pamela Oline Interview, [date unknown]

  Pamela Oline is interviewed. She is heterosexual and talks about her path to and experience of being a member of DOB and campaigning for gay and lesbian rights. She describes her childhood growing up in England, moving to America when she was 14 and changing career from a mathematician and to a psychotherapist. Recognizing the psychological issues of the time, she decided to understand the lesbian community from the inside. She talks about DOB meetings, lesbian and feminism issues, radical and conventional activism, marriage, and GAU (Gay Academic Union) meetings, panel discussions, etc.
  
  Accompanied by an edited collection of clips, featuring Oline talking about being a Lesbian, the DOB and its eventual fractioning, and the debate of whether the lesbian's movement should be separate from the women's movement.

  Tags Activism, Feminism, Gay Academic Union, Heterosexuality, Lesbian Separatism, Manuela Soares, Marriage, New York City Lesbians & Gays, Pamela Oline, Psychology, Therapy