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Lambda Legal was established on October 18, 1973 and is the oldest and largest organization dedicated to litigating gay rights claims, and has played a major role in shaping the outcome of gay rights claims. Lambda has won precedent-setting civil rights issues ranging from marriage equality to expressions of gender identity to health care discrimination.
This video, Lambda Legal Forum 4, dated October 28, 1982, depicts a panel discussion between Rosalyn Richter, the then Executive Director and attorney for Lambda Legal, and Rhonda Copelon, the then an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and law professor at CUNY Law School moderated by David A.J. Richards, a teacher of Constitutional Law and Legal Philosophy at NYU School of Law. This discussion succeeds the Supreme Court’s 1980 decision in Harris v. McCrae, which established that the constitutional right to decide to end a pregnancy (recognized in Roe v. Wade in 1973) did not mean an equality right to have Medicaid cover abortion care.
Ricther and Copelon also discuss how to develop arguments to challenge criminal sodomy laws, how arguments about religion and morality might be separated in the context of Victorian-era morality laws, and how to advance the custody and visitation rights of lesbian and gay parents (those coming out of different-sex marriages) in the face of widespread assumptions that lesbian, gay and bisexual people are immoral and pose threats to children.
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The speakers discuss values and gay rights issues through the context of individual choice versus choice that brings harm. Richter and Copelon discuss and answer questions about Roe v. Wade and housing for queer youth. The video then cuts to a document entitled "Anti Gay Legislation: an Attempt to Sanction Inequality." An individual then holds up a Lambda document entitled “Court Approves Gay Adoption.”
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Alaina Zulli
Okay, this is an interview with Maria Maria Gorkhover. On May 30 2007,
interviewed by Alaina Zulli, we are in Bobst Library at NYU, in New York City.
Okay, Maria, let's start with your background where you grew up your age and
a little bit about your family.
Maria Gorkhover
So I grew up in Uzbekistan, which is one of the former Soviet republics. Now it's
an independent country. And I lived there until I was 10 years old. My family,
standard Jewish family, meaning, you know, everybody's Jewish into the nth
generation, like pure read. I have one brother, who is 17. And I have another
brother, who is for my, when my parents came here, like in about three years
after they got here, they divorced. I was like, 13 at the time. And then my mom
was married to a guy who was not Jewish, and they had a baby. And that
baby is my, is my second brother, who is right now four. My dad, he also
remarried, but there's no kids from that marriage. And then they got divorced.
And right now he's not married, but you know, he is in a relationship. And I,
when we came, I lived with both parents, obviously. Then, after my parents
were divorced, I lived with my mom for many, many years. And then about, I
think two years ago, something like that. I moved with my dad because he
lives in Brooklyn, and it's closer for me to commute to school much closer. And
I also like living with him better. So let's see. Anything else?
AZ
What did your parents do?
MG
My parents are both computer programmers. My dad, well, my dad used to
be a computer programmer, but in America, he had a bit of difficulty in that
department. And right now he's trying to be a teacher, like a teacher of high
school mathematics. He's finishing his master's program, so you can be
�certified. My mom continued to be a computer programmer. And she works
right now at Duane Reade. Like, you know, in the corporate office and stuff.
AZ
Okay. So, let's jump ahead to your sexuality. Tell me about how you knew you
were lesbian, when you came out, the whole story?
MG
Okay, the question presents itself, how graphic do we need to get? So I always
knew that I liked girls. And I never, so how did I know that I liked them?
Because I had really graphic fantasies about them. And that is before I you
know, I saw any kind of pornography or anything of the sort before we had
internet and before I you know, had Cinemax or anything of the sort, like I had
really kind of graphic fantasies. Nothing like that towards guys. Like, really
nothing. So from, I'd say, well, I'd say age eleven. I started having these
fantasies, and then like, then I didn't know what the hell what that meant,
actually. And by somehow around age fifteen. And I was like, well, let's see, it's
pretty clear that I like girls like a lot. But I actually don't mind guys, because I
didn't find them distasteful or anything like that. So I was like, You know what, I
am bi, because I didn't want to say that I'm lesbian and, you know, cut out the
potential of marriage and men and pleasing my parents and as important
out of my life altogether. So I thought that, well, I thought in my mind that I
was bi until actually recently, it's about a year – no, a year ago, about six
months ago, a little bit more, when I figured out through, like, I guess, recent,
through sexual experiences that I had at that time that No, I was not, in fact, bi
I mean, not minding guys actually doesn't mean that you are attracted to
them. So I mean, I mean, if that's your definition of bi, it's not mine. Right, so. So
then I like identified myself as basically gay as such, although between that
time when I was 23, and the time when I was 15. I always knew that I like girls
like far, far more than guys. So I thought that I was bi, just really more much
more towards girls. But now it's like it's, you know, like, there's no point of me
�being with guys because if, I am just like not attracted to them. I can take it,
but why bother? Let's see. Let's see. Let's see. Anything else?
AZ
Well, um coming out how was it for you with your family?
MG
Oh, that's that's a drama story and of itself rather. So the first time that I came
out was to my mom when I was 15 years old. And it was this big. Like hysteric
scene, like I was crying and I had like, hysterics and such and hyperventilating
and stuff. Uh. Why I was coming out at that specific time? Because there was
this girl that I loved or I thought I loved and I wanted to be in a relationship
with her.
And even though the smart thing to do would have been to, you know, keep
hush hush about it, and save everybody the trouble, being the excruciatingly
honest person that I am meaning I can't keep any secrets from my parents,
right? I- You know, I, I went to confessional with my mom and the priest. And
she was like, Oh, it's a phase, you know, you shouldn't do this. And basically,
she told me that, if I do start a relationship with a girl, she'll be very
disappointed with me. She will withdraw from me, and she doesn't know what
kind of parent- daughter relationship we'll be able to have. Which was kind of
like a death sentence. So, I mean, because my mom was basically like, my
God at that time, like her approval was my main goal in life and my main
cause of happiness in life, and lack thereof, my main cause of misery in life.
So, I was like, That's it. Like, I like, I, even though I - No, I did love this girl, I didn't
want to be with her. I simply could not do it, even behind my mom's back.
Because I would be, let's say, like, you know, making out with her. And then
with that going on, you'd be like, What would my mom think of me? If she
knew I was doing this? Right. So at that time, I was like, I really, really wanted to
�make myself straight. How did I do that? I kind of I started going out with guys
basically. Right. Any, like random guys. Like, you know what, I don't mind them,
so let's stick to that. Right. And I tried to like force myself to not look at girls –
tried being the operative word, obviously.
So and, like, a few days later. Like, I just could not stand the thought of my
mom being disappointed in me and ashamed of me, basically. And
withdrawing from me. I told her mom, you are right, this is a phase and I am in
fact straight and so on and so on. Okay, so I thought, you know, the situation
was taken care of, so I will make myself straight. Or rather, I will just ignore girls
altogether, you know. Cause seeing as I was like well I can just go with guys
for the rest of my life, why should that be a problem? You know.
So fast forward to let's see, I think it was about 19 years old? Right. Then, was it
19 years old? No, it was not 19 years old. It was well, 20, it was actually 21 years
old. Right. I actually, like began a relationship with this girl, like in secrecy at
age eighteen, because I don't know I've calmed down or something. And I was
like, You know what? I mean, like, I'm not going to kill myself over it. But like, I'm
not going to tell my mom because I just could not live with her
disappointmented, like, presence, right?
But at like by age 21, it really begin to kind of weigh down upon me that I could
not really, you know, be with girls and have her know about it. And, like,
basically, there was this conflict with this girl. Okay, you know, we actually, we
had a very strange on again, off again, open relationship where we're
basically best friends and occasionally had sex. So it was not a relationship
like as such, like not in the sense that most people understand that. Right. And
I always knew that I would have like other relationships, other romantic
relationships besides her. And she also knew that that she was like, cool with
it. Right? We were just kind of each other's support system. Up until the time
when we were both I don't know, ready to go find somebody else or
�something like that. Basically, best friends who just turned out to be gay both
so you know, why not have sex?
So by age 21, there was this conflict in me. On the one hand, I couldn't I was
like, okay, um, well, I'm bi, so I can be with guys all the time, but that would
mean that I'm gonna be continuously suppressing my urge towards girls,
which was very strong, and it was growing stronger, like every day. On the
other hand, I could not tell my mom any of this because either she'll be
disappointed in me. She'll be like, okay, Maria continue to suppress it or
something like that. Or she'll be like, "No, Maria, you're already 21 years old.
You're an adult. You can go do whatever you want. You can go sleep with
girls," but inside she'll be very, very disappointed and ashamed. She'll just not
say it, but she'll think that and she'll feel it. And I didn't want that.
So the question was, like, suppress myself, for the sake of my mom's approval,
not suppress myself, face her disappointment. Either way, not a pleasant
solution. So, after a lot of, you know, mental anguish that we Jews are known
for. True, right? So, I, I took my mom, I made an appointment with a shrink in
the city, an American shrink, right? And I went to the shrink with my mom, like, I
dragged her to it, because I was like, "Mom I need to tell you something." And
after, and, it was like this big, big dramatic thing once again, in that shrinks
office, right? Because, like, I started crying again, and hyperventilating and
stuff like that. And I even had to go outside to like, calm myself down and
whatever. And then I came back, and I was like, Mama, I love you. And I don't
want to disappoint you, like your approval means everything to me. But I like
girls, and I can't fight it anymore. You know, add all the tears and all that and
all that stuff.
And I wanted to do it in front of a shrink, who has a PHD. So the shrink can
immediately tell my mom, no, it's not a phase. And no, you know, it's not like an
abnormal thing, or whatever it is. So we can have the professional opinion in
�the consultation, like right there. Right? So if I tell my mom, it's not a phase, it's
like who the hell am I? I'm no doctor? But if this PhD of psychology tells her? It's
an entirely different thing. She took it like much calmer, actually. Right? And so
you know, and I asked the shrink, like, is this a phase? Like, can you tell my
mom, is it a phase or not? She's like, "No, it's not a phase." And I'm like, "Mom,
I'm 21 years old. It's like, how can it be a phase by now if I've been experiencing
this since 11, 12, something like that." Right?
She took it. And she, at that time, she kind of, she calmed down about it. And
she believed me fully. Like she believed that, you know, that is indeed the
situation. There's nothing you can do about it really, and right and stuff. And I
guess, it also helps the fact that I told her I was bi, because I thought I was bi
at the time. So she's like, well, she likes girls. Let her experiment with girls, sleep
around, but you know, she's still gonna get married to a guy. And actually I
told her as much I'm like, "Yeah, I'm gonna sleep around with girls, party. And
then I'm gonna get married to a guy because I want to have a family," and so
on and so on. She's like, okay, you know, that's, that's not a problem. I mean, it's
unfortunate. That's not the best situation, but you know, we can deal with it.
She's still gonna give me grandkids. Yeah.
So then, it was like, Okay, this you know, this is a much better situation for me
nice and calm. But then it was pressing upon me to confess to my dad, which
I did. After you know, a little bit of Dutch courage.
AZ
Some drinking?
MG
Yes. So, because I was like, You know what, I'm not gonna hyperventilate, I'm
not gonna cry. And I'm not gonna go into hysterics again. I'll be calm, even if
it's chemically induced. So, like, yeah, that was, that was really interesting. Like,
�he's sitting on the couch. Right. Watching soccer. I'm like, Papa, I want to talk
to you. Like, okay, talk to me. I'm like, Papa turn off the tv. I'm gonna talk to you.
He muted the soccer. Papa, look at me, I want to talk to you. It's important. He's
like, I'm listening. I'm listening. Like, okay. So I'm like, Papa, like girls. He's like, I
know. Like, what? How do you know this? Like, your mom told me when you
were 15? Yeah, my mom actually, like, as soon as I told her, way back when,
she called up my dad and she told him. And it's amazing that he's actually
very calm about it. Like, it's not like he doesn't think it's a big source of bother.
Especially seeing as at that time, I thought I was bi and my mom thought I
was bi. So my mom was like, yeah, she likes girls, but she also likes guys. So
my dad is like, okay, that's fine. You know, you know, as long as she likes, guys,
it's not a problem. Right?
So but, at the present moment, my mom has, you know, gotten used to it like
it's not like a big deal for her really. And it's my dad, he was, he was actually a
lot less, a lot less having problems with than my mom, like very much so. I-like
he was like, he doesn't really care, like, who do I sleep with or something like
that. As long as I make a family and stuff. So it was fine. Like it became like
very calm and stuff. But then I realized about, basically in November of 2006,
after having like sexual experiences with both girls and guys, like one after the
other pretty soon, you know, like concentrated. Like that, you know what, guys
don't do anything for me, not really. And, you know, it's girls that do. So I guess
I must be gay then, like, fully, you know, which was not such a big switch
because, like, I don't know, 80% towards girls and 100% towards girls? So not
such a big switch. So right now, I do identify as gay, because my, because you
know, of my experiences. And my, how do I say this? Like, pretty, pretty kind of
concrete definition. Sorry, concrete evidence that I don't like guys. And I do like
girls. Yeah, and I'm not going to say what because that would, that would be,
you know, the graphic part. So, let's see. That's about it. So I mean, did I cover
everything that you want me to?
�AZ
Yeah. Right. Okay, so, let's go back to let's, let's go back to when you first
started thinking about girls. Did, did you think that about gender, about
yourself in any gender or how you dressed?
MG
Well, I always, I never thought of myself as a guy. Like, I always knew I was
female. But I always dressed in very loose clothing and either unisex or even
guys clothing. But it was not because like I wanted to be butch, it's because I
thought I was kind of fat. Like I had, like a, like relatively big stomach. And I
wanted to hide that fat. And I was really like, uncomfortable with my body, like
a lot of body issues. And because of that, right? It's just that I suppose if other
girls are uncomfortable with their bodies, and they wear loose clothing, they
will usually be wearing feminine loose clothing, whereas I wore just like T shirts
and sweatshirts and something that a guy would wear with no problem.
Right? Why? Because I just felt more comfortable in those kind of clothing. So
that has been my style since basically, day one, like loose clothing that, that is
either unisex or when guys pants and guys, not guys shirts but like sweatshirts,
right and T shirts.
And that style it was how do I say this? It was not, it was not determined by my
orientation. But at the same time, if I were straight, like as such, and I wanted
to attract the attention of guys, then I probably would be wearing more
feminine clothes and tighter clothes, even on my stomach because I would
be like you know, you know, why not? That's like show something, instead of
showing nothing. But seeing as I was really into girls and I didn't care much
about guys, I was not interested in attracting their attention. So it was not
important for me to wear tight clothes that would attract their attention and
for me to like appear on their radar as potential you know, dating candidates
you know?
�AZ
Yeah, so as your self conception as a lesbian as it evolved, did your let's see,
how can I say this. Did your style change at all? Did you feel?
MG
Yes. Okay. My style like in high school was influenced by several factors. First
of all the fact that my parents didn't have a lot of money and I also didn't
want to take a lot of their money so I bought crap basically, like cheap crap
that looked bad. Brand name was something that happens for other people.
So cheap jeans from Kmart, guys jeans, like cheap sweatshirts for like five
bucks, things like that. So I look like a badly dressed guy basically. Right so, so
that, and I mean I could have bought cheap women, cheap girls clothes, you
know from things like pretty girl or you know, any, you know, like really cheap,
cheap, like, what's it called, even Kmart, cheap girls clothes. But I didn't feel
comfortable like showing my body.
So my style in high school was that cheap unisex clothes. Then when I went to
college, I started working and I started making some money. And I started
dressing a little bit better. Like also unisex clothes because I was just used to
that style and then because I still thought of myself as kind of always not
attractive, and unattractive. But more stylish mens clothes, like men's jeans
from Express for example, as opposed to Kmart or Old Navy, like more brand
name, you know, like nicer shirts instead of just crap. Right? Still kind of loose
and still something that a guy could wear also, but just nicer, nicer looking
and better fitting. Right. Ah, and that style continued to about. Well, basically,
up until now, and as I continued throughout college, I worked more, you know,
as I made more money. And I started just asking my mom for money to buy
more brand new things, like nicer things, but I still stuck to unisex slash male
clothes mostly, or at least kind of loose female clothes. Right, like nothing tight,
nothing that shows up anything. If you look at me in regular clothes, it would
be like, okay, the only way you can tell I'm female is you know, possibly boobs
�and above the neck, you know. And you know, the shirt could be female, but it
would be loose female. The pants, you know, male pants.
So the quality of my clothes improved, and the fit and the style improved. But
the overall, overall kind of approach has remained the same. And right now, I
have lost some weight recently. So now I feel like I could wear like tight
feminine clothes and look appropriate in them and stuff, appropriate means
good. But I just don't choose to because first of all, I'm so used to wearing
loose clothes, that I'm just comfortable in things that are losing and not tight
fitting. And second of all, I don't feel like having my ass for display, you know,
to all and sundry, it's just I don't know, like, I prefer this kind of approach,
especially the school that I go to, which is City College. It's a, it's mostly there's
a lot of like Hispanics and blacks, there. And the neighborhood itself is
Spanish. And for a white girl tall, white girl, tall, skinny white girl in tight clothes
to be walking around in Spanish Harlem, late at night, in tight clothes. Ahhh,
no, not happening. So like, like, I don't want to attract that kind of attention,
because they are, in that neighborhood, and that setting in my college
specifically, it's very easy for me, like, you know, just by virtue of being exotic
for them, to attract that kind of attention and I don't want that.
Also, I feel like I get more respect, if I wear nice clothes, clothes that are like
brand new, and you see they fit nice and stuff, but they're loose. Because in
our society, women are evaluated on their appearance first and everything
else second. So if my appearance, you know, my shape is taken out of the
equation, then it ceases to be a components available of evaluation for me.
And when people, when I meet new people, they see me, okay, female, but
they don't check out you know, the assets and so on. And they don't make
their judgment based on that, they make their judgment based on their
actual interaction with me in whatever capacity that occurs. So, in that mirror,
I feel like, I could represent myself not as a set of, you know, the stuff but as
�like a whole person, and males would be evaluating me as a whole person,
which is what I want.
And females also because girls also judge other girls by their appearance, not
in the sense oh, I want to like do her, but in the sense, you know, comparing to
themselves, I guess. So, in that- So I think that I'm definitely going to stick to
this like loose but now brand name and nice looking stuff. Because for me, it
was also in my chosen profession of engineer, there's not a lot of women. And
obviously. So and I feel like if you don't know, if you present yourself like in any
sexual manner to guys, then they will immediately see you like a something of
an object more or less, not entirely but to some degree, yes. And I don't want
to be seen as an object. Like at all, even like 1%. That's just not, at least not let's
say by just some random guys. You know, I mean, obviously, I want my
girlfriend to want me but not just some random guy in the street.
AZ
So do, you said that that you dress, or that you don't dress to please the male
gaze? Is there any sense in your clothing or how you dress and pleasing the
female gaze?
MG
I have no idea what pleases the female gaze. Well, I mean, okay, I know what
pleases me, but that's the same thing that pleases guys. So it's not, so it's not
like anything different, but I don't really know. I mean, my objective is not to
impress somebody with you know the beauty of my abs. But, like, you know, to
look presentable, clean cut, matching, like wearing quality clothes instead of
junk. It's like somebody, you know, that seems like smart and worthy of
respect. And I, and I think that, you know, my general clothes, they accomplish
that. And also like, lately, it's clothing has ceased to have very much
importance for me honestly, I do have feminine clothes, and I do wear them
when I go out and stuff. Like when I go into a club, I dress appropriately. Of
�course, like short skirts, tight shit, the whole nine yards. But that's because the
setting demands it. You know, when you go to a restaurant, you know, I would
also wear like a dress and stuff like that.
But in general, in general, like I don't think I dress to please the female gaze. I
don't try to please, the female gaze means you're like looking for a girlfriend,
which I'm not because I have one. And when I didn't have one, I don't know.
Like, it didn't occur to me that if I dress like sexy, I would attract girls as well as
guys, so it just doesn't work. I don't know if that's the case. So no, not really, I
don't think so. I dress to please me most importantly, and in a manner that is
in accordance with the setting that I'm in. Meaning business casual, when it's
necessary, to college, I can wear whatever I wants, but you know, I wear like,
like nice, like, sort of brand name stuff. To a restaurant, I would wear
something appropriate, and so on and so on. So my objective in terms of
dressing is not to look sexy and not to look hot. And I mean, looking attractive,
yes, but attractiveness in the sense that, you know, I look put together. And my
appearance is fitting the setting, and it's considered normal and appropriate.
And it's like, yeah, that girl dresses nicely, like nothing special. But you know,
not that.
AZ
So this is maybe a little repetitive. But do you consciously use any signs in the
way you dress? Or maybe even the way you walk, or talk, to let other people
know that you're gay? Is that all important to you?
MG
Letting other people know is not important to me, per se. Because to me,
because that has never I mean, while that is a big part of my identity, I've
never been, let's say political about it. Like, you know, I've never been an
activist or anything of the sort. Like if people asked me, I would say girlfriend
and so on, but I don't but I don't you know, have like rainbow flags on my bed
�or something. But on the other hand, my attitude, meaning the way I walk the
way I talk, the way I sit, like on a subway. Like if somebody like in the family
looks at me, they'll be like, yeah, she's probably gay. Yeah, because I really
don't have act that feminine. Like really. So, but on the other hand, if
somebody who looks at me who is not really straight and who doesn't have
much experience with gay people, they will, they will not really think gay, they
will be like no no, ithat girl is kind of I don't know nerdy or she's like kind of
eccentric or something like that. But they will not think gay, the reason they
will not think gay is because my hair is long. If my hair was short everybody
will think I'm a total dyke obviously because, for short when I say I don't mean
short as yours, I mean really really short because yours as you know still. Yes.
No, no, no, no short as in boy short Yeah, like that. Yes, I did have that
experience. I used to have like here like this long. This long. I'm showing like
two inches.
AZ
And um, did it, did people perceive and?
MG
Yeah like people mistook me for a guy like so. But actually, when I had my hair
that short, I dress really feminine to compensate so nobody would mistake
me for a guy because if I dress like the way I usually did with that short hair it
would be Sir, Sir, Sir all the time. But yeah, like, like one of my friends. She, she,
she figured out I was gay like, long before I told her because like, she knows a
lot of gay people and stuff like that. And if you want to know in any, any sort of
way, either you're friends with gay people, or you are yourself gay. You
definitely suspect like as soon as you look at me.
AZ
Right. So I'm interested in that you, you bought men's clothing, since you were
very young you said. Did you ever have the sense that that was transgressive?
�MG
Because for me it was not. It was not like clothing was not really divided into,
like allowed women's clothes and disallowed mens clothes, it was like, Okay,
I'm not going to wear men's women's pants for the only reason that they are
too tight for my fat ass. And what is like, what jeans would be fitting for me,
meaning what jeans would be loose enough that they would like not show
anything men's jeans, if there was a line of women's clothes that was, well, first
of all, cheap, and second of all loose, I will get those, that will not be a
problem. In fact, I would prefer them because, you know, made for women,
they would fit better. And with mens schools, there were a lot of issues with
comfort and the crotch being too low with that and stuff like that, like because
of the cut. And it's been, what's my objective was not to, to present myself as
gay or to present myself as Butch or to I don't know, rebel or anything like that.
It was simply that is that was the only option of loose pants available to me, or
just who that is available to women period, that women's pants are tight, like
straight up, or at least in my estimation, that is the style currently. And that
was the style when I was younger. And if I don't like the style, then what else
must they turn to? I guess I was turning to I don't know, straight leg men's
pants or something like that. Which is what I did.
AZ
Okay let’s see. Um, just looking around, you’re in New York city, so you see
women all the time and do you, you probably evaluate them and try to guess,
that’s one of my favorite games. Um, is there a style that seems lesbian to
you? Like an iconic style?
MG
Well, if a woman looks really butch, then very likely she is lesbian right. And
you know, well not only looking butch because you can have like, like some 45
year old lady with really short hair from the midwest who is you know, maybe
�kind of fat, so she’s wearing mens clothes because that’s the only thing that
will fit. And she’s married with three kids. I don’t mean like that. I mean, I mean,
like looks butch and acts butch and like kind of young and stuff. Obviously,
then that would be to me, not an iconic lesbian style because butches are I
think a minority if we take the lesbian population as a whole, they’re like one
minority of many other subdivisions. But, that is a distinguishably lesbian.
Because, any other style is like straight women wear it also. So it’s not like you
can be like, that is uniquely gay, besides the butch.
AZ
Okay….I guess that’s it, that’s all I have. Is there anything else you want to,
anything else you want to bring up?
MG
Hm, I’m probably not like the best interview subject, because my experiences
are not shaped by my orientation as much as a bunch of other things like
body issues and self esteem and socialization and blah blah blah. Uh, so, hm,
hopefully, I mean, ui don’t know if I’ll be a very accurate, how do I say this, like,
representative of the general population as a whole. Add to it the fact that I
like, am an immigrant with an immigrant mentality. So it’s, so you know, so, I
hope that you can find some American born lesbians who would like, with
normal social development and normal friendships and normal everything.
Whose clothing experiences were in fact shaped a lot by their orientation.
AZ
This is actually one of my questions, is how much really do lesbians care how
visible they are?
MG
Uh, well I cannot speak for all of them. And, okay, it’s like, it works the same
way as straight people. There’s a spectrum, obviously. On the one hand you
�have the activists, you know, who march in the Dyke March and rainbow flags
all over the place and so on. Obviously they care very much about visibility.
On the other hand, you have just regular people who don’t really care very
much. Right, or, who cannot be very open about it because of their job or
something like that. Right and obviously you have people who are entirely in
the closet. So, I don’t know if you can say as whole. Obviously, all lesbians
would like to see more lesbians being visible, like on TV or something like that.
Like, that’s what’s up. But, themselves being visible? Mmm, I think that uh, only
a minority is actively concerned with being visible I guess, like the ones with a
more activist mentality. Uh, I don’t have that activist mentality. I don’t mind it,
but I’m not going to go around Spanish Harlem with like a rainbow flag
because that’s just asking for trouble. My friend got into trouble like, doing
that, even though she keeps doing that. Yeah, so, you know what? I can add
one more thing. I can, if you, if you don’t mind. I can tell you what I think about
the way lesbians dress as compared to the way straight women dress?
AZ
Please.
MG
Right. Uh, well, for lesbians’ appearance, like their physical appearance. Is
definitely less important in my opinion than it is for straight women. Because
straight women are ought to get men, who are very visual and for whom the
physical, visual appearance is the make it or break it point, at least initially. So
they’re like, you know, we need to look nice, we need to bring everything to the
table and so on and so on. Uh, for lesbians, seeing as they’re trying to get
women, and women are not so visual, it’s more of a like, they make their
choice like in partner and fuckbuddy and whatever it is, based on the
interaction they have with that person and so on. There, the appearance
becomes less important. So, lesbians, they would, they would probably wear,
probably looser clothing or uh, less mainstream clothing, like more punk style
�or something like that. Uh, or more, you know, just not be as tremendously
concerned about presenting their assets, continuously to the entire world.
Because of the, their kind of target market, as it were.
AZ
And just the innate, uh… the innate way that women…
MG
Yeah, like that’s why gay guys are so appearance oriented, right, because
their target market it guys who are appearance oriented. So, you know, if you
wanna, if you want to like market yourself successfully to them, then you have
to uh, look good. And probably that's why straight guys are, can let
themselves go, you know and wear crap and have beer bellies and so on,
because they know women will not be evaluating them based on whether
they have a six pack or not, but based on what they say and what they do
and how much money they make, and so on and so on.
AZ
Okay, very good. Thank you.
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History of New York Lesbian Style Oral History Project, 2007
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The History of New York Lesbian Style oral history collection is an oral history project created by Alaina Zulli in 2007. Zulli was in graduate school for fashion history at NYU at the time and was working with the oral history collection as a student employee at Tamiment Library, which motivated her to document the changes in the lesbian experience in New York as expressed in fashion through the personal accounts of women who identify as a lesbian and who live in New York City.
This collection includes four audio recordings of interviews conducted by Alaina Zulli in 2007, which have been digitized from CD-R by students at Pratt Institute’s Library and Information Science Program. The original materials are held in off-site storage by the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
Transcriptions of the interviews are available, thanks to Amelia Leventhal, Marissa Moxley, and Sophia Santaniello .
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2007
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History of New York Lesbian Style
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Lesbian Style Project: Mariya Gorkhover
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Alaina Zulli interviews Mariya Gorkhover. They discuss her family, coming out to her parents, how her style has evolved with her sexuality, how she believes she is perceived, and how she would like to be perceived (based upon her looks).
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5/30/07
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PT37M27S
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Alaina Zulli
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Maria Gorkhover
Coming Out
Fashion
Lesbian youth
Lesbians
Maria Gorkhover
Sexuality
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Lesbian History Exploration: Daughters of Bilitis and The Ladder Workshop, circa 1970s
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Wendy Hayes was affiliated with the San Francisco chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, a lesbian social and activist group founded in 1955. She was an office manager of <em>Sisters</em>, a magazine published from 1970 to 1975 by the San Francisco chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, and is listed as the magazine’s vice president in its penultimate masthead. <a href="https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/sfbagals/Sisters/sisters.html"><em>Sisters</em> has been digitized in full by the Berkeley Library at the University of California</a>. This collection contains audio recordings of a presentation on lesbian history thought to be given by Hayes called “What Happened After We Came Out of Our Closets, or, Which Way’s the Street.”
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0:17:22
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October 2021
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Daughters of Bilitis - Ladder Workshop/Wendy Hayes Lesbian History Exploration (Part 2 of 3) (1970s)
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About the First Lesbian Convention in San Francisco. A discussion of early scientific studies of sexuality (a couple of attendees and host talk about shock therapy). Trigger Warning: Discussion of shock therapy and suicide.
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Circa 1970s
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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English
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T75_5_2
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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Hayes, Wendy
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T75_5_2
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Daughters of Bilitis - Ladder Workshop/Wendy Hayes Lesbian History Exploration (Part 2/3) (1970s)
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Hayes, Wendy
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Lesbian Herstory Archvies
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Open reel audiotape (7 1/2)
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Conferences
Daughters of Bilitis
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Lesbian Nation radio program, 1972-1974
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Lesbian Nation, wbai-fm 99.5
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Shelley, Martha
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wbai-fm, 99.5
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1972-1974
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Shelley, Martha
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Lesbian Nation was a groundbreaking radio show produced and hosted by Martha Shelley (1943 - Present), that specifically focused and revolved around the LGBTQ community during the rise of gay and lesbian liberation movements in the 1970s.
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Lesbian Nation, October 12, 1972 [Kate Millett, "Since Sexual Politics"]
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Sexuality, Revolutionary Movements, Vietnam War
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10/21/1973
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1:23:42
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English
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T81_1_32
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Gift of Martha Shelley
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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Martha Shelley speaks with Kate Millett, author of <em>Sexual Politics</em>, about a wide range of subjects that includes the Angela Davis trial of 1971, bisexual identity, radical counterculture in American universities, sadomasochism, and the Vietnam War.
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Millett, Kate
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Shelley, Martha
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Bisexuality
Colleges and Universities
Holocaust
Kate Millett
Martha Shelley
Prison
Psychology
Sexuality
Vietnam War
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Lesbian Nation radio program, 1972-1974
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Lesbian Nation, wbai-fm 99.5
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Shelley, Martha
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wbai-fm, 99.5
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1972-1974
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Shelley, Martha
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Lesbian Nation was a groundbreaking radio show produced and hosted by Martha Shelley (1943 - Present), that specifically focused and revolved around the LGBTQ community during the rise of gay and lesbian liberation movements in the 1970s.
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Lesbian Nation, September 22, 1972
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Sexuality, Sexism, Civil Rights
Description
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In this installment of Lesbian Nation, Martha Shelley interviews women of the Women’s Lesbian Liberation Committee of the Gay Activists’ Alliance (GAA). Mary Flowerpot also hosts her comedy segment. In Shelley’s interview, the women discuss the emergence of the Lesbian Liberation Committee and their role within the GAA. They talk about what they have done to address issues of sexism in the GAA and how they try to maintain positive discourse with male members.
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9/22/1972
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0:29:12
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English
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T81_1_41
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Gift of Martha Shelley
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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Shelley, Martha
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Shelley, Martha
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Gay Activists Alliance (GAA)
Humor
Interviews
Lesbian Musician
Lesbian Nation
Martha Shelley
Mary Flowerpot
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Sexism
Sexuality
Women's Lesbian Liberation Committee
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Lesbian Nation radio program, 1972-1974
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Lesbian Nation, wbai-fm 99.5
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Shelley, Martha
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wbai-fm, 99.5
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1972-1974
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Shelley, Martha
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Lesbian Nation, July 28, 1972
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Women’s liberation, Publishing, Coming out, Sexuality
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Martha Shelley interviews Gene Damon aka Barbara Grier, founder of the lesbian magazine The Ladder (1956-1972). They discuss the beginnings of The Ladder and how it evolved from a smaller publication within the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) into an independent publication. Grier discusses the shift in content as well once the magazine became independent of the Daughters of Bilitis. Grier felt that under DOB they were focused on presenting a clean public image of lesbians to society at large and that this was reflected in what was published in older versions of The Ladder. Once Grier became the editor, she felt it was important to address topics like sexuality, saying “we began running material that deals with sex honestly and forthrightly.”
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7/28/1972
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0:32:54
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English
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T81_1_33
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Gift of Martha Shelley
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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Damon, Gene; Grier, Barbara
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Shelley, Martha
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Shelley, Martha
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Barbara Grier
Coming Out
Daughters of Bilitis
Gay Activists Alliance (GAA)
Interviews
Lesbian Musician
Lesbian Nation
Lesbian Writer
Literature
Martha Shelley
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Sexuality
The Ladder
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Martha Shelley audio recordings, 1972-2020 [bulk 1972-1978]
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Martha Shelley (1943 - Present) is best known for her involvement in lesbian feminist activism. After college, Shelley joined the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) (1955-1995), a lesbian civil and political rights organization, eventually becoming president of the NY chapter. Shelley was one of the early members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) which was established immediately after the Stonewall Riots and which advocated for for LGBT and minority rights. Additionally, Shelley wrote for several publications and was an avid advocate for civil rights and the pro-choice movement.
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Constructing a History of Power & Sexuality, New York University, undated (Part 2)
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This recording is the second part of a keynote address by Catherine Simpson & Jonathan Katz titled “Constructing a History of Power & Sexuality”. The recording of the first part is unavailable; upon digitization it was found that the tape itself was blank, possibly due to user error at the time of recording or from being erased. It consists of a question & answer session with discussion of power from an interpersonal perspective up to a governmental, political level. Psychology and energy, both labor and libido are elaborated on, as well as the impact and ramifications of the Women's Liberation Movement & Gay Liberation Movement on society.
Date
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03/31/1978
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0:30:00
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English
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T81_1_26
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Gift of Martha Shelley
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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Catherine Stimpson, Jonathan Katz, NYU
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Open reel audiotape (3 3/4)
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audio/wav
Conferences
Feminism
Gay Liberation Movement
Jonathan Katz
Politics
Psychology
Sexuality
Women's Liberation Movement
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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Title
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Stella Stone, April, 1978
Subject
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Lesbian Community--New York (State)--New York
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Lesbianism
Description
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Stella describes growing up in a broken home, and having to take on a lot of responsibilities. Explains her curiosity in women as she got older. Later, she discusses how her bisexuality made her feel different than everyone.
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Interviewer: Jane Doe
Interviewee: Stella Stone
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1978-04
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2013-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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tape cassette “SPW532 Stella Stone 4/78”
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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51:10
Language
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eng
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
Identifier
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SPW 532
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Buffalo, NY
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20th Century
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Bisexuality
Families
Identity
Sexuality
Stella Stone
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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Barbara Grier, 1987
Description
An account of the resource
Barbara Grier was born on November 4, 1933 in Cincinnati, OH. Her affiliation with the Daughters of Bilitis began in 1957, when she started to subscribe to The Ladder. Shortly thereafter she began writing book reviews for the publication, then served as poetry and fiction editor from 1966-1968, when she became the editor-in-chief. In this role, Grier included news stories, essays, prose and poetry that focused on the burgeoning women’s movement. When the DOB folded in 1970, she and DOB President Rita Lapore continued to publish The Ladder until this ceased in 1972, for financial reasons.
Grier met Donna McBride, the reference librarian at the Kansas City, MO public library and Grier's eventual partner, in 1971. McBride first knew Grier as a library patron who made frequent and numerous recommendations of books of lesbian interest that she wanted the library to buy. In January 1973, Grier and McBride, started Naiad Press, the “world’s largest [and foremost and longest-lived] publisher of lesbian books” -- by lesbians, about lesbians and for lesbians. It included romance novels, histories, erotica, volumes of poetry, science fiction and self-help guides, as well as mysteries, non-fiction and classics. Prior to Naiad, “lesbian literature was primarily written by men whose protagonists generally ended up in one of two ways: they married a man or killed themselves.” Grier and McBride kept their day jobs until 1982, when Naiad became their full-time work. In 1995 Grier donated her “Lesbiana" collection to the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center of the San Francisco Public Library.” Bella Books took over when Grier closed Naiad Press in 2005.
Grier died of cancer on November 10, 2011 in Tallahassee, FL.
Barbara Grier (n.d.) In Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Grier.
Barbara Grier Obituary (2011, November 13). Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved from http://www.legacy.com.
Brownsworth, V. (2011, November 11). In Remembrance: Barbara Grier. Lambda Literary. Retrieved from http://www.lambdaliterary.org.
Gallo, M.M. (2006). Different Daughters—A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Movement. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers An Imprint of Avalon Publishing Group, Inc.
Grier, B. (1987, November 27). [DOB transcript of tape]. DOB Oral History Project, Daughters of Bilitis. Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, New York.
Grier, Barbara (1933-2011). (n.d.). In glbtq’s online encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://www.glbtq.com/literature/grier_b.html.
Kallmaker, K. (2011). Barbara Grier, Reflections (blog). Retrieved from http://blog.kallmaker.com/2011/11/barbara-grier-reflections.html.
San Francisco Public Library. Barbara Grier. Retrieved from http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000134701.
Vitello, P. (2011, November 13). Barbara Grier, Publisher of Lesbian Books, Dies at 78. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com.
Woo, E. (2011, November 13). Barbara Grier dies at 78; co-founder of lesbian publishing house. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com.
Oral History
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Interviewer
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Manuela Soares
Interviewee
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Barbara Grier
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VHS Tape
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61:36:00
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Title
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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Barbara Grier, Tape 1 of 4, November 27, 1987
Subject
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Bars, Police, Sexuality
Description
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Barbara Grier discusses her personal experiences with developing her identity. She describes lesbian nightlife and particular lesbians frequented in her youth.
Creator
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Manuela Soares
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http://devherstories.prattsils.org/omeka/archive/files/29f7909c6fdc5040ad20f5f6776ffaf3.mp4
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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(October 23, 2013)
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(November 27, 1987)
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edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger
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VHS tape [Original Format]
Preservation: Grier_Barbara_tape1of4_1987nov27_access.mp4.
Access: Martin_Lyon_tape1of4_1987may09.avi [Digital Format]
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Digital reproduction of video cassette
Language
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English
Type
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Video; Oral history
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(MV-27)
Coverage
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Tallahassee, Flordia
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Barbara Grier
Bars
Manuela Soares
Police
Sexuality
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Title
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Lou and Jane, November 8, 1981 (Tape 3)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbians
Sex change
Lesbians--United States--Social conditions
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Sexualtiy
Description
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Lou and Jane discuss their sexual relationship and further aspects of female sexuality.
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Lou (Interviewee)
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1981, Nov. 8
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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tape cassette "SPW518 Lou and Jane_A" and "SPW518_Lou+Jane_B_Partial"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Original= cassette tape
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Side A= 6:37 min.
Side B= 40:20 min. (note: digitization was terminated prematurely due to the physical condition of the tape)
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MPEG
WAV
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English
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
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SPW518
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Buffalo, NY
Butch and Femme
Femininity & Masculinity
Lesbians
Marriage
Relationships
Religion
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Sexuality
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Andy, April 28, 1982 (Tape 4)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbianism
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Description
An account of the resource
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Andy (Interviewee)
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1982, April 28
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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tape cassette "SPW511 Andy_A"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A=13:56 min.
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English
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
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SPW511
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Buffalo, NY
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Butch and Femme
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Love
Sex
Sex Work & Sex Workers
Sexuality
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Title
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Enit, October 3, 1978 (Tape 1)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York, Lesbian bars, Lesbians--United States--Identity, Lesbians--United States--Interviews, Lesbian community--United States--History, Oral history interview
Description
An account of the resource
Enit discusses facing her sexuality at the age of 12 and coming out to her family despite her frustration at their lack of acceptance. She goes on to discuss her social life and dating in Buffalo, NY, noting how she used to meet women at bars but that her social activities have changed with age. She discusses her participation in the Erie Picnics held for gay men and women in Pennsylvania. She is 47 at the time of the interview.
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Enit (Interviewee)
Madeline Davis (Interviewer)
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SPW477_ENIT_A
SPW477_ENIT_B
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1978, October 3
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Digitized 2012, September
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Tape 1 of a 3 tape series. Followed by SPW478 and SPW487.
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Original= Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
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Side A=45:48 minutes
Side B= 45:56 minutes
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
Language
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English
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW477
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Buffalo, NY
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1950-1970
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Bars
Butch and Femme
Coming Out
Identity
Madeline Davis
Oral History
Sexuality
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Audre Lorde audio recordings, 1977-1986
Description
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Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American poet, activist, and feminist theorist who was highly influential in matters of both civil rights and feminism.
These cassettes were donated to the Archives by different individuals and were recorded at public events including the 1979 march on Washington for gay and lesbian civil rights, a 1982 poetry reading, women's writing conferences in the late '70s and early '80s, and more.
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Title
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The Personal or the Political - I / Conference on Feminist Theory, September 29, 1979
Subject
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African American feminists [sh2004002861] African American lesbians [sh85001859] Lesbianism [sh85076157] Feminism [sh85047741]
Description
An account of the resource
In addition to Audre Lorde, Linda Gordon, Manuela Prairie, Jessica Benjamin, Bonnie Johnston, Camille Bristow, and Susan McHenry participated in the panel. The recording includes a question and answer session between panelists and audience members. The topics discussed include racism, feminism, class oppression, individualism, sexuality, community, and sisterhood.
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September 29 1979
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Digitized 2011, June
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Tape 1 of 2.
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Side A = 46:02 minutes
Side B = 41:17 minutes
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English
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Sound
Oral Histories
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SPW1155
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New York University
Temporal Coverage
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Late 1970
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Audre Lorde
Communities
Feminism
Identity
Jessica Benjamin
Linda Gordon
Manuela Prairie
Racism
Sexuality
Susan McHenry
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Mabel Hampton Oral History Collection, 1976-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Mabel Hampton (1902-1989) was an African-American lesbian, an activist, a domestic worker, and a dancer. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she lost her mother when she was only two years old. For the next five years, Mabel was raised by her maternal grandmother, but she too passed away. In 1909, she moved to Greenwich Village in New York City at age seven. Less than a year after moving in with her aunt, Mabel was raped by her uncle, a minister. She ran away to New Jersey, buying a bus ticket purchased with a nickel given to her by a woman on the street. Luckily, Mabel was taken in by a family that cared for her for the next several years.
As a young woman, Mabel gravitated toward the lively scene in Harlem. In 1920, when she was seventeen, Mabel was wrongfully arrested during a prostitution sting and sentenced to time in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women. Upon her release, she danced at clubs like "The Garden of Joy", sang as a member of the Lafayette Theater Chorus, and performed with Harlem Renaissance stars such as Gladys Bentley. Mabel engaged in several relationships with women and lived openly as a lesbian.
In 1932, Mabel met Lillian Foster, who would be her partner until Lillian's death in 1978. With the Harlem Renaissance waning, Mabel sought out employment in other areas, primarily working as a domestic worker and hospital attendant. As a domestic, she worked for the family of Joan Nestle. Mabel and Joan developed a friendship that lasted for decades. When Joan started the Lesbian Herstory Archives in 1974, Mabel joined her as a founding member. Mabel donated her huge collection of lesbian pulp fiction novels and worked tirelessly with Joan and other volunteers to amass lesbian-related materials--literature, biographical information, academic publications, and ephemera--as a resource for the lesbian and gay community.
Mabel was also a vital, enduring element in the gay rights movement-she participated in every gay pride march that occurred during her lifespan, including the first, historic march and demonstration for gay rights in Washington, D.C., which took place in 1979. In 1985, Mabel was named the grand marshal of the New York City Gay Pride March. That same year, Mabel was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays.
After the Lesbian Herstory Archives were founded, Mabel carried the LHA banner in many marches. She also worked tirelessly for SAGE, an organization devoted to promoting advocacy and developing services for elderly members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. Interviews with Mabel are featured in "Before Stonewall" and "Silent Pioneers"; both movies document the struggle for gay rights and the efforts made to obtain equality.
Joan Nestle started recording Mabel's oral histories in the late seventies, realizing the importance of documenting Mabel's life story as an example of racial and sexual freedom. In these histories--many of which are featured on this website--Mabel discusses her relationships with women, her struggles with racism, and her identity as an African-American lesbian in the twentieth century. Mabel died of pneumonia in 1989 at the age of eighty-seven. Her life as an advocate, activist, performer, and storyteller lives on in the images and oral histories collected by the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Many of the resources below, as well as additional subject files, biographical information, images, and media about Mabel, lesbian history, and gay pride are available by visiting the LHA in person.
Resources
City University of New York. (2003). Queer ideas: The David R. Kessler lectures in lesbian and gay studies. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York.
DuPlessis, R. B., & Snitow, A. B. (1998). The feminist memoir project: Voices from women's liberation. New York: Three Rivers Press.
Hampton, M. (1979) "I didn't go back there anymore: Mabel Hampton talks about the south." In Feminary 10, 7-16.
Hogan, S., & Hudson, L. (1998). Completely queer: The Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia. New York: Henry Holt.
Lesbian Herstory Archives. Mabel Hampton special collection, including transcripts of oral history. Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, NY.
Nestle, J. (1993). Excerpts from the Oral History of Mabel Hampton. Signs, 18, 4, 925-935.
Nestle, J. (1998). "I Lift My Eyes to the Hill: the Life of Mabel Hampton as told by a White Woman." In A fragile union: New & selected writings. San Francisco: Cleis Press.
Nestle, J. (1991). "Surviving and More: Interview with Mabel Hampton". In Sinister Wisdom 43/44, Summer. Berkeley, CA.
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SPWC1
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Title
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Mabel Hampton, 1981 (Tape 1)
Subject
The topic of the resource
African American lesbians, Adultery, Lesbians--Sexual behavior
Description
An account of the resource
Oral history interview of Mabel Hampton. Mabel discusses her relationships during her twenties, including how and why she chose her sexual partners and her relationships with married women. She relates a story about being caught with her partner's husband and hiding under the bed.
Creator
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Mabel Hampton
Source
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1981
Date Modified
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Digitized 2010, November
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Original = Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
Medium
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
Language
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English
Type
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Sound
Oral Histories
Identifier
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SPW54
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Mabel Hampton
Marriage
Relationships
Sexuality
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Mabel Hampton Oral History Collection, 1976-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Mabel Hampton (1902-1989) was an African-American lesbian, an activist, a domestic worker, and a dancer. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she lost her mother when she was only two years old. For the next five years, Mabel was raised by her maternal grandmother, but she too passed away. In 1909, she moved to Greenwich Village in New York City at age seven. Less than a year after moving in with her aunt, Mabel was raped by her uncle, a minister. She ran away to New Jersey, buying a bus ticket purchased with a nickel given to her by a woman on the street. Luckily, Mabel was taken in by a family that cared for her for the next several years.
As a young woman, Mabel gravitated toward the lively scene in Harlem. In 1920, when she was seventeen, Mabel was wrongfully arrested during a prostitution sting and sentenced to time in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women. Upon her release, she danced at clubs like "The Garden of Joy", sang as a member of the Lafayette Theater Chorus, and performed with Harlem Renaissance stars such as Gladys Bentley. Mabel engaged in several relationships with women and lived openly as a lesbian.
In 1932, Mabel met Lillian Foster, who would be her partner until Lillian's death in 1978. With the Harlem Renaissance waning, Mabel sought out employment in other areas, primarily working as a domestic worker and hospital attendant. As a domestic, she worked for the family of Joan Nestle. Mabel and Joan developed a friendship that lasted for decades. When Joan started the Lesbian Herstory Archives in 1974, Mabel joined her as a founding member. Mabel donated her huge collection of lesbian pulp fiction novels and worked tirelessly with Joan and other volunteers to amass lesbian-related materials--literature, biographical information, academic publications, and ephemera--as a resource for the lesbian and gay community.
Mabel was also a vital, enduring element in the gay rights movement-she participated in every gay pride march that occurred during her lifespan, including the first, historic march and demonstration for gay rights in Washington, D.C., which took place in 1979. In 1985, Mabel was named the grand marshal of the New York City Gay Pride March. That same year, Mabel was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays.
After the Lesbian Herstory Archives were founded, Mabel carried the LHA banner in many marches. She also worked tirelessly for SAGE, an organization devoted to promoting advocacy and developing services for elderly members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. Interviews with Mabel are featured in "Before Stonewall" and "Silent Pioneers"; both movies document the struggle for gay rights and the efforts made to obtain equality.
Joan Nestle started recording Mabel's oral histories in the late seventies, realizing the importance of documenting Mabel's life story as an example of racial and sexual freedom. In these histories--many of which are featured on this website--Mabel discusses her relationships with women, her struggles with racism, and her identity as an African-American lesbian in the twentieth century. Mabel died of pneumonia in 1989 at the age of eighty-seven. Her life as an advocate, activist, performer, and storyteller lives on in the images and oral histories collected by the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Many of the resources below, as well as additional subject files, biographical information, images, and media about Mabel, lesbian history, and gay pride are available by visiting the LHA in person.
Resources
City University of New York. (2003). Queer ideas: The David R. Kessler lectures in lesbian and gay studies. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York.
DuPlessis, R. B., & Snitow, A. B. (1998). The feminist memoir project: Voices from women's liberation. New York: Three Rivers Press.
Hampton, M. (1979) "I didn't go back there anymore: Mabel Hampton talks about the south." In Feminary 10, 7-16.
Hogan, S., & Hudson, L. (1998). Completely queer: The Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia. New York: Henry Holt.
Lesbian Herstory Archives. Mabel Hampton special collection, including transcripts of oral history. Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, NY.
Nestle, J. (1993). Excerpts from the Oral History of Mabel Hampton. Signs, 18, 4, 925-935.
Nestle, J. (1998). "I Lift My Eyes to the Hill: the Life of Mabel Hampton as told by a White Woman." In A fragile union: New & selected writings. San Francisco: Cleis Press.
Nestle, J. (1991). "Surviving and More: Interview with Mabel Hampton". In Sinister Wisdom 43/44, Summer. Berkeley, CA.
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SPWC1
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Mabel Hampton Interview [Books / Working at the Lesbian Herstory Archive / Documentary]
Subject
The topic of the resource
Women--Sexual behavior, Rape, Lesbian erotic literature, Childhood and youth, African American lesbians
Description
An account of the resource
Oral History interview of Mabel Hampton. Conversations between Joan and Mabel about a book Mabel enjoyed, working at the Lesbian Herstory Archives, a documentary film in the making, and Mabel's early life and sexuality.
Creator
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Mabel Hampton (Interviewee)
Joan Nestle [interviewer]
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1979
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Digitized 2010, November
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Format
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Original = Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
Extent
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Side A [23:04 minutes]
Side B [23:13 minutes]
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
Language
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English
Type
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Sound
Sounds Oral Histories
Identifier
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SPW1136
Spatial Coverage
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New York City, NY, United States
Temporal Coverage
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20th Century
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Books
Film
International/National Gay Archives
Joan Nestle
Mabel Hampton
Sexuality
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Audre Lorde audio recordings, 1977-1986
Description
An account of the resource
Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American poet, activist, and feminist theorist who was highly influential in matters of both civil rights and feminism.
These cassettes were donated to the Archives by different individuals and were recorded at public events including the 1979 march on Washington for gay and lesbian civil rights, a 1982 poetry reading, women's writing conferences in the late '70s and early '80s, and more.
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Title
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Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, 1977
Subject
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Poetry, Lesbianism, Feminism, Motherhood, Sexual orientation, Sexism, Abortion, Family, Health, Rape, Misogyny, Lesbian feminism,
Description
An account of the resource
Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, December 1977. Lesbian Feminist Poetry Reading featuring six poets. Side A includes Joan Larkin, Barbara Smith and Diedre McCalla. Side B includes Melanie Kaye, Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde; Audre Lorde appears at 28:07 on SPW1151_B (Side B).
Creator
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Modern Language Association
Joan Larkin, Barbara Smith, Diedre McCalla, Melanie Kaye, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde
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Modern Language Association
Date Created
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December 29, 1977
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Digitized: June 2011
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Original = Cassette Tape
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MP3
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
Language
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English
Type
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Sound
Poetry Conference
Identifier
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SPW1151
Spatial Coverage
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Chicago, IL
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1977, December
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Abortion
Adrienne Rich
Audre Lorde
Barbara Smith
Conferences
Families
Feminism
Health
Joan Larkin
Language
Melanie Kaye
Poetry
Sexuality
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Audre Lorde audio recordings, 1977-1986
Description
An account of the resource
Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American poet, activist, and feminist theorist who was highly influential in matters of both civil rights and feminism.
These cassettes were donated to the Archives by different individuals and were recorded at public events including the 1979 march on Washington for gay and lesbian civil rights, a 1982 poetry reading, women's writing conferences in the late '70s and early '80s, and more.
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Power, Oppression and the Politics of Culture: A Lesbian/Feminist Perspective; Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, August 25, 1978, (Tape 1 of 3)
Subject
The topic of the resource
African American feminists, African American lesbians, Feminism, Lesbian feminism, Lesbianism, Lesbians, Sexism
Description
An account of the resource
Audio recording of a panel presentation at the Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. Includes Audre Lorde.
Creator
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Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Audre Lorde
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Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
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1978, August 25
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Digitized: June 2011
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Tape 1 of 3. Followed by SPW1153 and SPW 1154.
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WAV
MP3
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Side A [31:10],
Side B [31:03]
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
Language
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English
Type
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Sound
panel presentation
Identifier
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SPW1152
Spatial Coverage
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Mount Holyoke College, United States,
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Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1978, August 23-25
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Audre Lorde
Conferences
Discrimination
Erotica
Feminism
Lesbians of Color
Sexuality
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Pat, June 6, 1978 (Tape 1)
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SPW454_Pat_A
SPW454_Pat_B
Subject
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Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York
Lesbians--Family relationships
Lesbian bars
Lesbians--Sexual behavior
Lesbian couples
Description
An account of the resource
Side A: Pat discusses her definition of lesbianism and her attitude towards “radical lesbians.” She also discusses her background, including her relationship with her family and her experience at an all-girls Catholic school. She talks about how and when she realized she was a lesbian and describes her early relationships with women. She discusses leaving home and experiencing gay bars for the first time in the 1950s. Finally, she discusses butch and femme roles and how they have changed.
Side B: Pat discusses why she does not have many gay friends and why she does not identify with the lesbian community. She talks about her relationships and her feelings about sex.
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Interviewee: Pat, Interviewer: Madeline Davis
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1978-06-06
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2012-06
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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tape cassette "SPW454 Pat"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 46:16
Side B: 43:04
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mpeg
wav
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eng
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
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SPW #454
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Buffalo, NY
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20th Century
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Bars
Butch and Femme
Communities
Families
Madeline Davis
Radical Lesbians
Sexuality
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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23:02 minutes
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31:17 minutes
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<p> <a title="Download Side B" href="http://boots.prattsils.org/mp3_files/summer2012/SPW475_Dorothy_B.wav.mp3">Download Side B</a></p>
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Dorothy, October 26, 1981 (Tape 2)
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SPW475_Dorothy_A
SPW475_Dorothy_B
Subject
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Lesbianism
Lesbian couples--United States
Lesbian--Sexual behavior
Lesbian--relationships
Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York
Lesbian bars
Lesbian mothers
Lesbian couples as parents
Description
An account of the resource
Side A
Dorothy discusses how women met one another, sexuality, and her various relationships. Particular focus is on her 10 year relationship with her girlfriend during the mid 1950s to mid 1960s.
Side B
Dorothy discusses how she feels about children and the fact that she never any. She gives her opinion on two women raising a child, and talks about her friends who are now married to men who raised children. In addition, she continues her thoughts on sexuality and butch-femme roles.
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Interviewee: Dorothy, Interviewer: Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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1981-10-26
Date Modified
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2012-6
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665: Projects in Digital Archives students
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). <em>Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community</em>. New York: Routledge
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1940s-1960s
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Bars
Butch and Femme
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Lesbian Mothers
Relationships
Sexuality
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Title
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://boots.prattsils.org/mp3_files/summer2012/SPW473_dorothy_jane_A.wav.mp3">Download mp3 file</a></p>
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Dorothy, October 2, 1981 (Tape 2)
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SPW473_Dorothy_Jane
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Lesbianism
Lesbians--Conduct of life
Lesbian community
Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York
Lesbian couples--United States
Lesbian--Sexual behavior
Lesbian--relationships
Monogamous relationships
Lesbians--Relations with heterosexuals
Sexual--behavior
Bisexuality
Lesbian business enterprises
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbian Herstory Archives
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An account of the resource
Dorothy talks generally of leisure activities, relationships, and sexual relations. She then talks at length about one long-term relationship with Harriette, mentioning their business, break up, life-long friendship, and Harriettes other relationships.
She talks first of weekend activities or leisure activities such as house parties, picnics, and going to bars. She talks in general about sexual relations, mentioning "daisy chain" sex, and attitudes towards sex and equality in love-making. She talks in general about long-term relationships and breaking up. She then answers questions and talks at length about her long-term relationship with Harriette, their break up and lasting friendship. She mentions their first car and the business they owned together. She talks of monogamy. She talks of Harriette's later marriage and other relationships. Dorothy talks of her opinion of bi-sexuality and of Harriette's marriage and relationships.
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Interviewee: Dorothy, Interviewer: Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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1981-10-2
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2012-6-13
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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Tape two of a two tape series recorded 1982-10-2. Tape 1 is SPW472.
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tape cassette “SPW473_Dorothy, Tape II”
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). <em>Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Communit</em>y. New York: Routledge
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30 minutes
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wav
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW#473
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Buffalo, NY
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1940-1949
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
Bisexuality
Communities
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Identity
Relationships
Sexuality
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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tape cassette
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29:31
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<br />
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW470_Judy_T_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side A</a></h4>
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW470_Judy_T_B.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side B</a></h4>
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Judy T., 1979 (Tape 1)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbian bars
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbian Community--New York (State)--New York
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Lesbianism
Lesbianism--History
Lesbians--United States--History
Lesbians--United States--Identity
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
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Side A: Judy discusses some of the bars she used to frequent, and her changing views of sex.
Side B: Judy discusses her past relationships and the ways in which she feels the treatment of women at jobs has changed.
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Judy T.
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1979
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2011-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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tape cassette "SPW 470"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 29:31
Side B: 29:32
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mpeg
wav
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eng
Type
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Sound
Oral History Interview
Identifier
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SPW #470
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Bars
Identity
Lesbiana
Sexuality
Work
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
Sound
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Side A: 45:52
Side B: 45:52
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<br />
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW460_MARYT_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side A</a></h4>
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW460_MARYT_B.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side B</a></h4>
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Mary T., July 7, 1978 (Tape 1)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Sexual relationships
Lesbians--family--relationships
Lesbians--Relations with heterosexuals
Gay military personnel--United States
Lesbian bars
U.S. states--Race relations
Role playing
Lesbian community
Lesbians--United States--Social conditions
Lesbian culture
Gay men--Relations with lesbians
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An account of the resource
Side A: Mary briefly describes her childhood and family dynamics. Mary and the interviewer then discuss the first time Mary recognized being different and her thoughts on desiring women at a young age, yet not knowing about lesbianism as a concept or about the lesbian community. Mary then recalls the first time she encountered the word "lesbian" when she joined the U.S. Air Force and describes her experiences with women while in the service. Mary talks about being a lesbian in the military, the investigation into her conduct, and her dishonorable discharge. After Mary got another job, she started going to a bar in Buffalo, N.Y., and she talks about the other lesbians she met there. Mary then discovered other bars and talks about the scene as well as the role-playing of butch and femme.
Constant whirring noise that stops about 10 minutes into the recording.
Side B: Mary continues the discussion on butch and femme role-playing. She elaborates on fights, holding down jobs, and being "out." She also explains the relationships lesbians had with gay men in Buffalo, N.Y., and the bar scene dynamics of mixed, gay, or lesbian bars. Mary and the interviewer discuss gay activism and the difficulties of being involved in activism at that time. Mary also describes outings where there was a risk of being visible as a group, such as going on picnics or renting cottages. She elaborates on her experience with social dynamics like cliques and having heterosexual friends within the lesbian and gay community. Mary then expands upon the nature of her relationships with women as well as with black lesbians - racial prejudice and relationships are discussed.
Constant whirring noise that stops about 5 minutes into the recording.
Creator
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Mary T.
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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1978-07-07
Date Modified
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2011-11
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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This recording is 1 of 2 tapes recorded with Mary T. on 1978-07-07.
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tape cassette “SPW460 Mary Tâ€
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 45:52
Side B: 45:52
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mpeg
wav
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eng
Type
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Sound
Oral History Interview
Identifier
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SPW#460
Spatial Coverage
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Buffalo, N.Y.
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1950s
1957-1961
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
Bars
Communities
Heterosexuality
Military
Racism
Relationships
Roles
Sexuality
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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31:08
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<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW448_Linda_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download the Interview</a></h4>
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Linda, November 19, 1978 (Tape 2)
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Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Lesbianism--History
Lesbianism
Lesbians--United States--History
Sexual relationships
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Linda discusses work and how her coworkers knew that she is a lesbian, which did not bother them. She recalls beginning to wear men's clothes to work in the 1970s when women began to wear pants. Linda discusses her relationship, and how her life centers around her lover. She believes that the younger generation is less monogamous than hers. Linda also discusses butch and femme dynamics in relationships.
The sound quality is poor in the beginning. The tape cuts off abruptly at the end.
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Linda
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1978-11-19
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2011-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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This recording is 2 of 2 tapes recorded with Linda on 1978-11-19.
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tape cassette "SPW448 Linda"
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31:08
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wav
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW# 448
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Buffalo, NY
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1960s-1970s
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Butch and Femme
Relationships
Sexuality
-
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Title
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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tape cassette
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Side A: 31:09
Side B: 31:07
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Dorothy, October 2, 1981 (Tape 1)
Subject
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Lesbians--Alcohol use--United States
Lesbians--Conduct of life
Lesbian--relationships
Promiscuity
Lesbian and gay experience
Roles--Butch and Femme
Description
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Side A: Dorothy discusses her personal life and how she came to discover that she was a lesbian. She talks about her marriage and separation. She discusses her relationships with women, all of which were long-term. Dorothy talks about her job in engineering as a tool designer and the fact that she performed a man's work for a man's salary. She discusses lesbian social life during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and names several popular bars including Eddy's Tavern, Ralph Martin. She talks about her developing alcoholism and the prominence of this disease among lesbians in general, perhaps as a result of their uncertainty about life. Dorothy also talks about butch and femme roles in lesbianism, stating that she doesn't identify herself with either role despite the fact that the butches identified her as one of them.
Side B: Dorothy continues the discussion of roles in lesbianism and the division between the two groups in bars. She says that her "crowd" did not distinguish between these two groups and she ultimately stopped going to bars, partly as a result of the need for role division. She discusses in some depth her problem with alcohol and talks about her membership in Alcoholics Anonymous. She talks about how she decided that she was a lesbian and gives further details about her first relationship. She also speculates on whether or not other people knew she was a lesbian, including her mother and acquaintances such as her landlord. She says that she has never had any problems with people discriminating against her. Dorothy also continues to talk about the social dynamics of bars in Buffalo.
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Dorothy
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1981-10-2
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2011-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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Tape one of a two tape series recorded 1981-10-2. Tape 2 is SPW473
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tape cassette "SPW472 Dorothy"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 31:09
Side B: 31:07
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mpeg
wav
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW# 472
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Buffalo, N.Y.
Niagra Falls, N.Y.
Temporal Coverage
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1930s
1940s
1950s
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Alcoholism
Bars
Butch and Femme
Relationships
Sexuality
Social Life
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Side A: 46:51
Side B: 46:30
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<br />
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW463_PAULA_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download the Interview</a></h4>
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Paula, January 18, 1990 (Tape 2)
Subject
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Lesbians--United States--Identity
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbians--United States--History
Lesbians--Sexual behavior
Description
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Paula describes the absence of love and romance in her relationships with women, but later in the interviews describes a relationship after her divorce. She mentions one-night stands and sexual experiences she had with friends, and the importance of these friendships to her. Paula mentions that she was married and had children, and would go out to bars at night with her friends or alone.
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Paula
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1990-01-18
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2011-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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This recording is 2 of 2 tapes recorded with Paula on 1990-01-18.
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tape cassette "SPW463 Paula"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 46:51
Side B: 46:30
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mpeg
wav
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW# 463
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1950s
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Heterosexuality
Identity
Relationships
Sexuality
-
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Title
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Side A: 31:53
Side B: 31:56
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<br />
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW458_PAT+DJ_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side A</a></h4>
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Pat and DJ, November 11, 1986 (Tape 2)
Subject
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Lesbians--Sexual behavior
Lesbians--Conduct of life
Lesbian couples
Butch and femme identity
Sexual relationships
Intimate partner violence
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Side A: Pat and DJ continue the discussion of relationships during the 1950s from tape cassette SPW457. The two women discuss aspects of how to make relationships long-lasting and the importance or lack thereof of sexual intimacy in relationships. Both Pat and DJ discuss personal opinions related to intimacy in relationships, particularly in long-term relationships. The discussion then turns to types of attraction and intimacy.
Side B: Pat and DJ continue to discuss relationships during the 1950s and talk about reasons for breaking up. The discussion revolves around the importance of taking care of a woman and being able to satisfy her needs. The two women discuss the negative stigma of cheating. The discussion turns to take pride in a partner and the importance of her appearance and physical presence. Pat and DJ also talk about the presence of violence during relationships in the 1950s, listing insecurity between partners as the main reason. The two women speak specifically of violence in bars as a result of talking to another woman’s lady or challenging femmes in relationships to talk to other women. They discuss how much of this behavior was learned from lesbian role models of the 1940s.
Creator
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Liz Lapovsky
Madeline Davis
Pat
DJ
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date
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1986-11-11
Date Modified
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2011-10
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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This recording is 2 of 3 tapes recorded with Pat and DJ on 1986-11-11.
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tape cassette “SPW458 Pat and DJʺ
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 31:53
Side B: 31:56
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mpeg
wav
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW# 458
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Buffalo, NY
Temporal Coverage
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1940s
1950s
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Bars
Butch and Femme
Domestic Abuse
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Madeline Davis
Sexuality
Violence
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Side A: 46:30
Side B: 43:18
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<br />
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW455_PAT_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side A</a></h4>
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW455_PAT_B.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side B</a></h4>
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Title
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Pat, June 6, 1978 (Tape 2)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbianism
Coming of age
Lesbian nuns
Lesbian couples
Niagara Falls, N.Y. lesbian scene
Buffalo, N.Y. Lesbian bars
Butch Identity
Femme Identity
Sexual Relationship
Lesbian Sexual behavior
Prejudices
Lesbian culture
Role playing
Victimization
Description
An account of the resource
Side A: Pat talks about her childhood in North Port, N.Y., her relationship with her parents and siblings. She goes into detail about her estranged relationship with her older sister. She describes when she first knew that she was a lesbian and tells the history of her relationships with women. She starts with her first affair at age 13, with a nun from her Catholic school - Sister Eugenie - to a relationship she had with Maryann (Marty). She describes her time at nursing school in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and the gay bars she frequented until she moved to Florida with her then girlfriend. She says she moved to Buffalo, N.Y., in the late 1950s, and describes the Buffalo bar scene, mentioning Dingles, Mardi Gras, the Chesterfield, the Carousel and the Carol Hotel. Pat mentions that the Carousel was very elite, something she did not like. This leads her into a discussion on “role play†and how important it was to distinguish oneself as either a butch or a femme. She classified herself as butch, but stated that she was very uncomfortable with the label and now prefers to be less overt.
Side B: In this interview Pat talks about how she does not like or feel comfortable in the gay community. She has never identified with it, or been made to feel welcome. This is one of the reasons that she does not maintain friendships with other lesbians, unless she is having a sexual relationship with them. She mentions being victimized and physically assaulted because she was a butch lesbian. Interviewer Madeline enters the discussion, speaking about her own sexual experiences with women. Madeline classifies Pat as “untouchable,†something that Pat denies, stating that she is simply very private. She feels that sex is a necessary but not important part of a relationship; it is something that is never sought or welcomed. She is suspicious of those who claim to experience sexual pleasure, including Madeline.
Creator
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Madeleine Davis
Pat
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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1978-06-06
Date Modified
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2011-10
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
Relation
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This recording is 2 of 2 tapes recorded with Pat on 1978-06-06.
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tape cassette “SPW455 Pat"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
Extent
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Side A: 46:30
Side B: 43:18
Medium
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mpeg
wav
Language
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eng
Type
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Sound
Oral History Interview
Identifier
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SPW# 455
Spatial Coverage
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North Port, N.Y.
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1938 - 1978
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
Bars
Butch and Femme
Discrimination
Identity
Madeline Davis
Nuns
Roles
Sexuality