Joan, September 11, 1978 (Tape 2)

Lesbian couples

Etiquette for lesbians

Lesbian and gay experience

African-American experience

Joan discusses permanent relationships and other lesbians' relationships, dating process, how she and others approach lesbians they are interested in, and terminologies in dating (example: when do you start "going" with someone, and is it actually called "going"?). She identifies herself first as a lesbian, second as an African American. She talks about racism in the white lesbian community and the acceptance of black lesbians in black communities, which she says has to do with class. She talks about the black movement and gay/women's liberation in Buffalo. She describes how she's dressed.

Madeline Davis

Joan

Lesbian Herstory Archives

1978-09-11

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