Holly Near Interview
description: Holly Near is interviewed by Ruth Scovill. Holly talks about her early life, and influences that led her to the women's movement. She talks about anti-imperialism, the role of women’s music, and her criticism within the women’s movement, along with influences in art and politics.
creator: Ruth Scovill
date: 9/6/76
rights: Ruth Scovill Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Honesty Ends Helplesness Side B
subject: Family
description: This tape was recorded November 14th and is a continuation of a previous recording, although the location of this previous recording is unknown. She discusses an accident and an encounter with her sponsor.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: Physical format: Cassette Tape Digital Format: .MP3
language: en
type: Audio Recording

Honoring Lesbian-Queer Archiving: Online-Talk with Joan Nestle
subject: Lesbian archives
subject: Queer archives
subject: Lesbian authors
subject: Lesbian identity
description: A talk with Joan Nestle, co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archive, about the history and importance of lesbian archives and queer archives, along with her personal history. The discussion covers many topics in Joan's life and current activities within lesbian archives.
creator: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 2022-05-03
contributor: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Spinnboden Lesbian Archive
rights: All rights reserved and credited to Spinnboden Lesbian Archive Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
relation: Begehren und Widerstand: Joan Nestle erstmals auf Deutsch
language: English
language: German

I Ain't Gonna Testify
description: Emily Hixon introduces the topic of grand jury abuse. Through interviews, testimonies, and conversation, they discuss how grand juries can attack political activists and their organizations. They also examine women’s politicized folk music, as well as trial tactics and strategies. They theorize about the intentions of the FBI, lawyers, legal organizing, and the federal government.
creator: Feminist Radio Network
date: n/d
rights: Not to be used for publication without the express written consent of Liza Cowan. Contact the Lesbian Herstory Archive for Liza Cowan's contact information.
language: English

I Was a Lesbian Child [Desireena Almoradie]
subject: Childhood Lesbians Children and homosexuality Photographs
description: In this segment of I Was a Lesbian Child, Desireena Almoradie shares photographs from her childhood in the Philippines and stories of her life while growing up there.
creator: Linda Chapman [Executive Producer] Mary Patierno [Executive Producer] Ana Maria Simo [Executive Producer]
publisher: Dyke TV
rights: Copyright Dyke TV: Linda Chapman, Mary Patierno, Ana Maria Simo. Tapes and digital files held by the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Tapes reproduced with permission from the copyright holders.
format: Video Recording
language: en-US

I Was a Lesbian Child [Jocelyn Taylor]
subject: Childhood Lesbians Children and homosexuality Photographs
description: In this segment of I Was a Lesbian Child, Jocelyn Taylor shares photographs from her childhood and stories of her life while growing up. She shares a memory from when she attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington DC.
creator: Linda Chapman [Executive Producer] Mary Patierno [Executive Producer] Ana Maria Simo [Executive Producer]
publisher: Dyke TV
rights: Copyright Dyke TV: Linda Chapman, Mary Patierno, Ana Maria Simo. Tapes and digital files held by the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Tapes reproduced with permission from the copyright holders.
format: Video Recording
language: en-US

Im not Gay Im Angry Button

Interview with Martha Shelley, November 7, 2020
subject: Martha Shelley
description: On November 7th 2020, MSLIS students Julia Rosenzweig, Tiffany Chan, and Sadie Hope-Gund conducted an interview with Martha Shelley on behalf of Pratt Institute School of Information and the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Martha was the producer of the 1970’s radio show Lesbian Nation, the tapes of which have been preserved in digital format on this website. The interview was recorded remotely from Brooklyn and Portland, and the covered topics regarded: her personal history, activism, and work on Lesbian Nation.
creator: Julia Rosenzweig, Tiffany Chan, Sadie Hope-Gund , Martha Shelley
date: 11/07/2020
rights: Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Irene Yarrow (1977)

Irene Young Demo Tape
description: Irene Young music demo tape. Vocals by Stefanie Saldana and Judith Skolnik. Track Listing: 1. The Lie / 2. Sad Song / 3. It's Good to Meet You / 4. Pleasin' Man
date: 8/19/75
rights: Not to be used for publication without the express written consent of Liza Cowan. Contact the Lesbian Herstory Archive for Liza Cowan’s contact information. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: audio/mpeg

It Can Be Done: Chicago Women's Graphic Collective
subject: Women's Graphics Collective, Women's Movement, Feminism
description: A video about the relationships and bonds among members of the Women's Graphics Collective. The Collective produced posters addressing the struggles of the women's movement and other political movements, including the United Farm Workers organized a boycott on non-union lettuce and grape farmers.
creator: Shirlee Blumenthal and Barbara Bejna, directors
creator: School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, producer
date: c. 1973 (date created)
date: 11/2023 (date digitized)
rights: All rights reserved to the Chicago Women's Graphic Collective. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

It's a Jungle Out There: Jan Alpert Speaks with Rita Mae Brown + Reads from Her Books
subject: Lesbian radio
subject: Gay movement
subject: Women's movement
subject: Feminism
subject: Lesbian authors
subject: Lesbian autobiographies
subject: Activism
subject: Civil rights
subject: Discrimination
subject: Lesbian activists
subject: LGBTQ+ civil rights
subject: Lesbian writers
subject: Organizing
subject: Rita Mae Brown
subject: Social movements
subject: Violence
subject: Women's political movements
subject: Writing
description: Jan Alpert and Rita Mae Brown discuss Rita Mae's career path and motivations outside of being a writer, as well as her involvement as a street organizer in the women's and gay rights movements. Occasionally throughout the interview, Jan will read excerpts from Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae's first novel, and In Her Day, Rita Mae's second novel. While discussing In Her Day, they cover the lessons Rita Mae learned from writing it.
publisher: WBAI radio
date: 1976-10-08
rights: This item is protected by copyright. You are free to use this item for personal and educational purposes, as outlined in CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Requests for further uses and licensing questions should be forwarded to Pacifica Radio, owner of WBAI and other historical stations. See also LHA Copyright Statement.

Jade Martner Interview
description: In this oral history conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club, Jade Martner discusses her discusses her coming out process, both to herself at age 15, and to her mom when she was 17 which led to Jade being kicked out of the house. Moving to the Bay Area in 1988 from Arizona and finding a women’s group and community with the Palo Alto Lesbian Rap Group and in Lesbian Bars. Her work in IT management and being a Lesbian in a professional setting and starting an LGBTQ resource group at her company.
rights: Please see the Lesbian Herstory Archive's Rights Statement and the donor agreement form. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Jan Albert in the recording studio 1974

Jan Albert, circa 2022
description: Jan Albert, circa 2022

Janet Seldon Interview
description: In this oral history conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club, Janet Seldon discusses her coming out process, growing up in the Bay Area, her law work, how she came to Rossmoor, the importance of Lesbian Community.
rights: Please see the Lesbian Herstory Archive's Rights Statement and the donor agreement form. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Jean Ko Stewart Interview, April 11, 1989
description: Jean Ko Stewart is interviewed in Boston in 1989. She discusses her early relationships with women and coming out. She speaks about her role as the Vice President of the Boston chapter, which involved organizing dances and concerts and a focus on providing a community space for lesbians. She compares the political and social climate of California and Boston, and considers Boston’s racial climate at the time. Jean explains that she moved to California because she heard that women wore slacks to work, which was considered unacceptable in Boston in the 1960s. Accompanied by an abridged version where Jean Ko Stewart speaks about meeting with the Daughters of Bilitis community.
creator: Interviewer: Manuela Soares, Interviewee: Jean Ko Stewart
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 4/11/1989
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students.
contributor: Edited by Morgan Gwenwald [still photographer], Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger [videographer].
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: en
type: Video Recording, Oral History
identifier: Physical: MV-61, Digital: stewart_tape1of1_19890401
identifier: Abridged: MV62_Jean Ko Stewart pulled quotes_1989april11 MV-62

Jean Lerner Interview
description: In this oral history conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club, Jean Lerner discusses being raised Jewish by very politically active communist parents, her realization in college she was in love with her girl friend, and her disillusionment with the Communism that she was raised with. She talks about being closeted in her work as a chiropractor even though she loved her job, her decision to get pregnant and raise a daughter on her own after a struggle to find a partner who also wanted to raise a child, and then meeting her partner when she was pregnant and their family growing as they adopting their son.
rights: Please see the Lesbian Herstory Archive's Rights Statement and the donor agreement form. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Jeanne Cordova Interview, October 27, 1988
subject: Activism, Chicanas, Social Work
description: Jeanne Cordova discusses how the Daughters of Bilitis inspired her to change her career path and passions in life from aspirations of playing soft ball, to becoming highly involved in activism.
creator: Manuela Soares
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
relation: LHA Spoken Word Audio Cassette Collection, SPW195 - SPW196
format: VHS tape [original format]
format: Preservation: Cordova_Jean_tape1of1_1988oct27.avi Access: Cordova_Jean_tape1of1_1988oct27_access.mp4. [digital format]
language: English
type: Video; Oral history

Jill Johnson on Lesbians in the Women's Movement
description: Columnist for the village voice, feminist, Jill Johnson discusses the role of the feminist lesbian within the larger movement of women’s liberation. Johnson discusses the variations in the NYC lesbian experience, and the relationship they have with straight women, and the overarching culture at large. She discusses the contributions that a lesbian feminist can make to empower other women.
creator: Radio Free Women
rights: Feminist Radio Network Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Joan Nestle / Mabel Hampton [undated]
subject: African Americans, Childhood and youth, Feminism, African American lesbians, Civil rights
description: Oral history recording of Joan Nestle. Side A: Joan Nestle speaks about lesbian self-expression and the importance of language to identity. She goes on to talk about her early life and how she was motivated to take a stand against the oppression she saw around her in society, specifically oppression against women and lesbians. Side B: Mabel Hampton takes over as the main speaker and recounts her life story, beginning when she was only one month old. Mabel discusses her early years, including the crucial transition from living with her grandmother to living with her aunt, and how she eventually decided to run away to Jersey City.
creator: Mabel Hampton
creator: Joan Nestle
source: Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw46_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw46_A.wav
source: Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw46_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw46_B.wav
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archive
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: Original = Cassette Tape
format: WAV
format: MP3
language: English
type: Sound
type: Oral history

Joan with Donna and Doris, April, 1978
subject: Lesbian Bars
subject: Lesbian and Gay Experience
subject: Lesbian Community--New York (State)--New York
subject: Lesbian Herstory Archives
subject: Lesbianism
subject: Lesbianism--History
subject: Lesbians--United States--History
subject: Lesbians--United States--Identity
subject: Lesbians--United States--Interviews
description: Joan talks about how she went to jail and her experiences while she was held there.
creator: Interviewer: Madeline Davis, Interviewee: Joan L
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Oral History Interview
identifier: SPW# 446

Joan, September 11, 1978 (Tape 1)
subject: Lesbian bars
subject: Lesbian and gay experience
subject: Lesbians--United States--Interviews
subject: Lesbians--United States--Identity
subject: Lesbians--United States--History
subject: Lesbianism
subject: Lesbian Herstory Archives
subject: Lesbian Community--New York (State)--New York
description: Side A: Joan discusses the distinction between butch and femme lesbians, the differences between the white and black gay communities, the Buffalo lesbian bar scene, and coming out in the 1960s. Side B: Joan discusses the class divisions in the lesbian community, the university gay scene, and her personal, professional, and romantic history.
creator: Madeline Davis
creator: Joan
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
relation: This recording is 1 of 2 tapes recorded with Joan on 1978-09-11.
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Oral History Interview

Joan, September 11, 1978 (Tape 2)
subject: Lesbian couples
subject: Etiquette for lesbians
subject: Lesbian and gay experience
subject: African-American experience
description: 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.
creator: Madeline Davis
creator: Joan
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement
relation: This recording is 2 of 2 tapes recorded with Joan on 1978-09-11.
language: eng
type: Sound

Joe, April 18, 1979 (Tape 1)
subject: Lesbian bars
subject: Lesbian and gay experience
subject: Lesbian community
subject: Identity, lesbians--United States--interview
subject: Lesbian Herstory Archives
subject: Lesbianism
description: Side A: Joe talks about the social atmosphere in the 1920s through the 1940s. He talks about Service Clubs and Music Circles as vehicles for social interaction but claims not to know of any exclusively gay or lesbian social groups. He also talks about the one gay bar in town in the 1930s and '40s and calls it "middle class at best." Side B: Joe talks about social clubs (all men's clubs) and how gay society functioned within these clubs. He also talked about sports and gay women at the time.
creator: Madeline Davis
creator: Joe
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
relation: This recording is 1 of 2 tapes recorded with Joe on 1979-04-18.
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Oral History Interview
identifier: SPW# 443

Joe, April 18, 1979 (Tape 2)
subject: Lesbianism
subject: Lesbian Community--New York (State)
subject: Lesbian and gay experience
subject: Gay men--Relations with lesbians
description: Joe offers suggestions for local history sources, research materials, and other interview subjects. He also shares anecdotes of his travels to San Francisco.
creator: Interviewee: Joe, Interviewer: Madeline D. Davis
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
relation: Tape two of a two tape series recorded 4-18-1979. Prior tape is SPW443.
language: eng

John and Elizabeth, Side B, November 14, 1988
subject: Women
subject: Family
subject: Car
description: This sound recording is a continuation of a previous tape, but the location of the previous tape is unknown. The woman on the tape discusses a car accident she was in and various aspects regarding this incident. She goes on to talk about her mother and her upbringing.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: Digital Format: .MP3 Physical format: Cassette Tape
language: en
type: Audio Recording

Judith Schwarz and Joan Nestle Interview, November 14, 1992
subject: Lesbian Studies, Bars, Mailing Lists, Abortion
description: The interview begins with Judith Schwarz and her recollections of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and how she knew of women who were hesitant to join Daughters of Bilitis, as they simply wanted to meet women at the bar, and feared their names appearing with labels publicly. She also discusses how women were hesitant to receive mail from Daughters of Bilitis for the same reason. She also talks about her first woman lover, and the circumstances that led to that. Accompanied by an edited version where Judith Schwarz talks about the significance of DOB, the secrecy of membership, new member experience, social events, and harassment. Joan Nestle talks about the perception of the DOB as a threat during the McCarthy Era, the complexity of the organization, and her own perceptions of DOB.
creator: Manuela Soares [interviewer]; Judith Schwarz & Joan Nestle [interviewees]
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 11/14/1992
contributor: edited by Morgan Gwenwald [still photographer], Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger [videographer]
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
relation: LHA Spoken Word Audio Cassette Collection, SPW182
format: Original: VHS tape
format: Digital: Preservation: .avi; Access: .mp4
language: English
type: Video; Oral history
identifier: DV25_Joan Nestle & JudithSchwarz_tape1of2_pulledquotes_1992nov14

Judith Schwarz Interview, 1992
description: Judith Schwarz discusses how grateful she is the DOB exists, the way that societal attitudes towards lesbianism has changed since the founding of DOB, how many women were afraid to have mail mailed to them or used pseudonyms or “bar names” to hide their identity. She discusses her first lesbian relationship, which happened shortly after she moved to San Franciso, and how this introduced her to lesbian culture, specifically survival literature. She talks about how she was at first intimidated by certain aspects of lesbian culture, like powerful butch lesbians, frequent drinking in the community, and lesbian literature. She talks about the impact of DOB, and how there was harassment from police as well as other lesbians or women. She also talks about sharing The Ladder around her workplace in secret, and shares the story about how The Ladder was “stolen” from the DOB San Franciso offices. She says that diversity was always lacking in the DOB, and talks about some reasons why. DOB meetings sometimes consisted of potluck dinners and Gab and Javas, sometimes taking place at Schwarz’s house. She talks about how lesbians dressed at the time. Finally she discusses the differences between the DOB and the Lesbian Herstory Archives and how they met different needs for lesbians, and finally some of the special collections in the archive. Joan Nestle jumps in at the end to discuss radical politics and the FBI surveillance of the DOB.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archive
date: 1992
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English
type: Video Recording, Oral History

Judy Chicago Speaks with Anaïs Nin
subject: Lesbian radio
subject: Feminism and literature
subject: Patriarchy
subject: Art
subject: Autobiography
subject: Feminism
subject: Literature
subject: Sexuality
subject: Women's liberation
subject: Writing
description: Part 4 of the Women in the Arts series, introduced by the director of Drama and Literature at KPFK, Clare Spark Loeb. Judy Chicago hosts and interviews author Anaïs Nin on the subjects of feminist literature and women's liberation. They discuss a disagreement they previously had about anger and women's liberation. Anaïs also reads from and discusses her book, Fourth Diary.
publisher: KPFK radio
date: 1972-02-15
rights: This item is protected by copyright. You are free to use this item for personal and educational purposes, as outlined in CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Requests for further uses and licensing questions should be forwarded to Pacifica Radio, owner of KPFK and other historical stations. See also LHA Copyright Statement.

Judy Grahn
description: This is a poetry reading by Judy Grahn.
rights: Judy Grahn & Women's Press Collective Access & Use Rights Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: audio/mpeg
identifier: T75 5/9

Judy Grahn Poetry Reading [Fair use excerpt]
subject: Poetry, Live Performance
description: A poetry reading featuring Judy Grahn. Grahn reads from "She Who" and other works. The uploaded file has been cropped due to Fair Use restrictions. The full recording is available at the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
creator: Judy Grahn
date: Circa 1970s
rights: Judy Grahn & Women's Press Collective Access & Use Rights Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English
type: Sound

Judy Greyboys Interview
description: In this oral history conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club, Judy Greyboys discusses her coming our process, here involvement in the Philly lesbian and political scene, her move to the Bay Area, involvement in activism and non-profit work, her work and travels as a musician, and the importance of community.
rights: Please see the Lesbian Herstory Archive's Rights Statement and the donor agreement form. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Judy Pasternak

Judy Pasternak and techie (April 10, 1978)

Judy Regan, Side A, September 5, 1981
subject: Music
subject: Gay Pride
description: This tape is a mixed tape of various songs by the queer country singer Judy Regan.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students.
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: Sound Recording
type: Audio Recording

Judy Schavrien Interview
description: In this oral history conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club, Judy Schavrien discusses her involvement in the feminist women’s movement, her relationships, her work as a professor and a psychotherapist, her move to the Bay Area, and her opinions of the lesbian community in Rossmoor.
rights: Please see the Lesbian Herstory Archive's Rights Statement and the donor agreement form. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Judy T., 1978
subject: Lesbians
subject: Lesbians Conduct of life
subject: Lesbians--Employment
subject: Lesbians--Family relationships
subject: Lesbians--Social life and customs
subject: Lesbians--United States--Interviews
subject: Lesbians--United States--Identity
subject: Lesbians--United States--Social conditions
subject: Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century
subject: Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--Social conditions
subject: Lesbianism--United States
subject: Lesbianism--Social aspects
subject: Lesbianism--United States--History
subject: Roles--Butch and Femme
subject: Lesbian and gay experience
subject: Gay bars
subject: Discrimination
description: Judy discusses butch and femme identities, social interactions, and role-play within relationships. She expresses relief over how these once rigid demarcations of identity have become more flexible within the lesbian community. Later, however, she notes "class" differences that continue to striate lesbians as a social group. The social conditions, the acceptance of lesbians, and the "openness" of homosexuals are compared between New York, Florida, and Toronto. References are made to anti-gay activist Anita Bryant and others who put social pressure on lesbians to stay closeted. Additionally, Judy touches upon negotiating workplace discrimination and "nosy" neighbors. She briefly mentions her relationship with her family and what it was like growing up in Buffalo.
creator: Judy T.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
relation: Tape two of a two tape series recorded in 1978. Preceded by SPW450.
language: eng
type: Sound
type: PhysicalObject
type: Oral History Interview

Judy T., 1979 (Tape 1)
subject: Lesbian bars
subject: Lesbian and gay experience
subject: Lesbian Community--New York (State)--New York
subject: Lesbian Herstory Archives
subject: Lesbianism
subject: Lesbianism--History
subject: Lesbians--United States--History
subject: Lesbians--United States--Identity
subject: Lesbians--United States--Interviews
description: 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.
creator: Judy T.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Oral History Interview
identifier: SPW #470

Judy T., 1979 (Tape 2)
subject: Lesbian bars
subject: Lesbian and gay experience
subject: Lesbian Community--New York (State)--New York
subject: Lesbian Herstory Archives
subject: Lesbianism
subject: Lesbianism--History
subject: Lesbians--United States--History
subject: Lesbians--United States--Identity
subject: Lesbians--United States--Interviews
description: Judy discusses her views of gay men, including her belief that all so-called gay men are in fact bisexual.
creator: Judy T.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Oral History Interview
identifier: SPW #471

Judy, February 5, [year unknown]
subject: Lesbians--United States--Interviews
subject: Lesbians--United States--History
subject: Lesbian Bars
subject: Anniversaries
subject: Birthdays
subject: Same-sex marriage
subject: Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States
subject: Drugs
subject: Drinking of alcoholic beverages
subject: Mental health
subject: Psychotherapy patients
subject: Religion
subject: Work
subject: Friendship
subject: Families
subject: Lesbians--Single
subject: Entertainers
description: Judy describes her experiences over the past thirty years up to the point of the interview. Topics discussed include cheating (“playing around”), polygamous lesbian relationships, fights in bars, holiday celebrations, friendship, same-sex marriage, religion, drinking, drugs, crime, mental health and treatment of lesbian women, the commonality of lesbian women seeking psychiatric treatment, the working environment for lesbian women, living alone, families of lesbian women, and one case of a lesbian woman raising a son. Judy believes that lesbian women should not raise children and has an extensive discussion about her reasoning. She ends the interview by discussing movie stars and entertainers that were popular among the lesbian community in the 1930s and 1940s.
creator: Judy
creator: Elizabeth Kennedy
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: eng
type: Sound
type: PhysicalObject
type: Oral History Interview
identifier: SPW 503

Judy, January 6, [year unknown]
subject: Butch and Femme, Social aspects, Identity, Social life and customs, Relationships, Aging, Desire, Friendship, Gender identity,
description: Judy talks about her relationships with three different women and the role they each played in the relationship. She talks about gender identities and one relationship with a woman who wanted to be a man and had very mixed gender roles. She talks about not being able to talk about her relationships with her mother, yet comparing her relationship to that of her mother and father. She speaks about losing sexual interest in her partner and moving from an intimate relationship to just a friendship.
creator: Judy
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: english

Judy, November 25, [year unknown]
subject: Lesbians--United States—Interviews, Lesbians--United States—History, Relationships, Childhood, Coming out, Lesbian Bars, Work.
description: Judy shares detailed aspects of her life as a gay woman in the 1940s; she talks about the first time she felt attracted to another girl at age nine, and what it felt like when she came out in 1944. The interview brings to light the array of conflicts and fears she experienced growing up at the heart of a devout Italian family in Buffalo, and the difficulties faced as a young woman living in New York City at the end of World War II. Some of the topics discussed include working conditions, relationships, gay and lesbian bar scenes, popular music, butch and femme, and clothing styles.
creator: Judy (interviewee)
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students.
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: Original= Cassette Tape WAV MP3
language: eng
type: Sound PhysicalObject Oral History Interview
identifier: SPW 501 [Tape 1 in a series of Judy’s interviews, followed by SPW502 (tape 2) and SPW503 (tape 3).]

Julie Lee Interview, 1989
description: Julie Lee and her partner [Ginny] are interviewed in 1989. They discuss relationships, lesbian communities, activism and the civil rights movement. Julie talks about her role as secretary of the New York chapter of DOB and her roles in United Sisters, ACLU, etc. They both talk about police harassment and how 'out' lesbians lost their jobs. Julie also mentions her pseudonym.
creator: Interviewer: N/A, Interviewee: Jenny Lee and [Ginny]
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger.
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: en
type: Video Recording, Oral History
identifier: Physical: MV-65, Digital: lee_tape1of1_1989

Karen Anderson Ryer Interview, 1987
description: Karen Anderson Ryer discusses her coming out process, and the acceptance of her parents. She talks about butch vs. fem, and changing generational attitudes. Discusses importance of feminism to lesbianism specifically, and differences from gay men’s movement. She details the split of “The Ladder” from the San Francisco chapter from DOB, and how she left to start a new magazine. Also mentions the integration of different lesbian communities – Oakland vs. San Francisco, and the impact of AIDS on the lesbian community.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archive
date: 1987
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Photograph by Morgan Gwenwald Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
type: Video Recording, Oral History

Karen Thompson Interview - Tape 2
subject: Partner rights, Coming out, Lesbian couples, Lesbophobia
description: This tape is part of a 5-part series interviewing Karen Thompson regarding her legal struggles to secure guardianship of her comatose partner, Sharon Kowalski. (Note: Tape 1 is missing) In Tape 2, Karen begins to describe her legal dispute with Sharon’s parents over guardianship and the emotions she felt during the process. Karen recounts the difficulties of coming out to her own family and Sharon’s parents, as well as her fear of a legal dispute over Sharon's guardianship outing her to the public.
date: circa 1988-1989 (date created)
date: 03/2024 (date digitized)
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Karen Thompson Interview - Tape 3
subject: Partner rights, Coming out, Lesbian couples, Lesbophobia
description: This tape is part of a 5-part series interviewing Karen Thompson regarding her legal struggles to secure guardianship of her comatose partner, Sharon Kowalski. (Note: Tape 1 is missing) Tape 3 primarily consists of Karen recounting her legal struggles with Sharon’s parents regarding Sharon’s guardianship. Karen also discusses how it felt coming out to her parents.
date: circa 1987-1988 (date created)
date: 03/2024 (date digitized)
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Karen Thompson Interview - Tape 4
subject: Partner rights, Coming out, Lesbian couples, Lesbophobia, Christianity
description: This tape is part of a 5-part series interviewing Karen Thompson regarding her legal struggles to secure guardianship of her comatose partner, Sharon Kowalski. (Note: Tape 1 is missing) In Tape 4, Karen talks about her relationship with religion and her church, her belief that coming out is an important step in normalizing homosexuality, and her struggles against homophobia from medical professionals.
date: circa 1988-1989 (date created)
date: 03/2024 (date digitized)
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Karen Thompson Interview - Tape 5
subject: Partner rights, Coming out, Lesbian couples, Lesbophobia
description: This tape is part of a 5-part series interviewing Karen Thompson regarding her legal struggles to secure guardianship of her comatose partner, Sharon Kowalski. (Note: Tape 1 is missing) In Tape 5, Karen discusses the physical and mental toll her legal battles have had on her, including the struggles she has experienced with Kowalski's family, particularly the pressure to be "perfect" to prevent the courts from using any mistakes against her. Karen also talks about her relationship with Sharon before the incident, as well as the distance she felt that she needed to create between herself and her colleagues and students to prevent her outing, which could lead to the loss of her job.
date: circa 1988-1989 (date created)
date: 03/2024 (date digitized)
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: Englsih

Kathryn Poethig Interview
description: In this oral history conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club, Kathryn Poethig discusses growing up in the Philippines due to her parents work through the Presbyterian church and her positionality being raised there as a white person in a minority privileged position that affected the rest of her life. She talks about moving back to America and feeling uncomfortable at first with the culture as well as how sexualized things were in the US which lead to her further questioning her sexuality, her first feelings of attraction to women as an adult and her coming out process within a theological community. she talks about her feeling about various lesbian and women's groups she found herself in and moving to Rossmoor with her partner.
rights: Please see the Lesbian Herstory Archive's Rights Statement and the donor agreement form. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Kathy Bonk and Whitney Adams, Co-Coordinators of N.O.W. Fair (August 24, 1974)
description: Kathy Bonk and Whitney Adams from the National Organization for Women discuss the upcoming N.O.W. Fair on Radio Free Women. The fair will feature feminist activism, panels, political discussions, and interviews. Bonk and Adams go on to talk about other aspects of feminist political activism such as income inequality and racial discrimination.
date: 8/24/74
rights: Feminist Radio Network Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: audio/mpeg

Kay O'Hara and Gerrie Morrison Interview, October 20, 1988
description: Kay O'Hara and Gerrie Morrison are interviewed in 1988. They both talk about their family lives, when they realized they were lesbians, coming out, their relationship, and previous relationships. Kay mentions her engagement and marriage before she accepted she was a lesbian. They talk about the San Francisco DOB from the 1950s and the meeting's events that were held, as well as butch and femme roles. They talk about literature that was available, including the Ladder and the contributions they made to its design and distribution. On tape 2, they comment on a series of slides and photographs of members of DOB.
creator: Interviewer: N/A, Interviewee: Kay O'Hara and Gerrie Morrison
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
contributor: Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger.
rights: See the LHA Copyright Statement Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
relation: LHA Spoken Word Audio Cassette Collection, SPW192
relation: LHA Spoken Word Audio Cassette Collection, SPW193
language: en
type: Video Recording, Oral History
identifier: Physical: MV-49, Digital: ohara_morrison_tape1of2_19881020
identifier: Physical: MV-50, Digital: ohara_morrison_tape2of2_19881020

Keep Your Laws Off My Body
subject: AIDS (Disease) Documentaries Law
description: Black and white recorded documentary video exploring themes of Lesbian relationships, the AIDS pandemic and the criminalization of LGBTQ+ media.
creator: Catherine Saalfield, Zoe Leonard
date: 1990
rights: Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Know Your Body: Sexuality - Caryl Ratner
subject: Sexuality
subject: Body
description: From a series of 8 lectures which comprised a course by and for women also entitled "Know Your Body." The course was given at the Women's Medical Center in New York City, where this lecture was recorded for WBAI in May and June, 1972, by Caryl Ratner and Bill Monaghan. Produced by Caryl Ratner. Contains frank, explicit discussion. Broadcast on WBAI first in June, 1972 and also in October 1972.
publisher: WBAI Radio
date: 1972-05-11^^1972-06-15
rights: This item is protected by copyright. You are free to use this item for personal and educational purposes, as outlined in CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Requests for further uses and licensing questions should be forwarded to Pacifica Radio, owner of WBAI and other historical stations. See also LHA Copyright Statement.

Kwanza
subject: Kwanzaa
subject: Racism
subject: Religion
subject: Segregation
description: Recordings of a group discussion around the 7 principles of Kwanzaa, particularly in regards to community and faith, interspersed with singing of Kwanzaa songs.
publisher: WBAI Radio
rights: This item is protected by copyright. You are free to use this item for personal and educational purposes, as outlined in CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Requests for further uses and licensing questions should be forwarded to Pacifica Radio, owner of WBAI and other historical stations. See also LHA Copyright Statement.

Ladder Workshop/Wendy Hayes, 1970s (Part 1)
description: Wendy Hayes elaborates her coming out in San Francisco and joining the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB). The Daughters of Bilitis started as a group of women trying to find an alternative to the bar scene in San Francisco.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archive
date: Circa 1970s
rights: Lesbian Herstory Archives
language: English

Ladder Workshop/Wendy Hayes, 1970s (Part 2)
description: 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.
creator: Hayes, Wendy
date: Circa 1970s
rights: Lesbian Herstory Archives
language: English

Ladder Workshop/Wendy Hayes, 1970s (Part 3)
description: Creating local Lesbian chapters and national communication through publications: The Ladder, Focus, Sisters, and Lesbian Tide.
date: Circa 1970s
rights: Lesbian Herstory Archives
language: English

Lambda Legal Forum, 1982
description: This video 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 . 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.”
date: 1982-10-28
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: video/mp4
identifier: MSTR 13

Leadership and Class
description: A discussion about the differences and challenges of the women's movement by various women. Personality, class tension, diversity, stereotyping, group identity, ideas of leadership are debated. The tension between lower class women and middleclass women is described in terms of leadership styles. Lower class women have a strong female role models to grow up with, this lacks completely for the middle class women. Action is perceived as a negative male trait by the middle class women, who are not used to take action but rather prefer moderation and security.
rights: Feminist Radio Network Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: audio/mpeg

Leadership, Self-concept, & Group Identity
subject: Working-class Feminism
description: Four women from working-class backgrounds critique leadership and individualism in second-wave feminism. Karen Kollias, Rita Mae Brown, Dolores Bargowski, and Beverly Fisher discuss the exclusion they experience by middle-class feminists who do not hold the same values of strength and leadership, which are viewed as masculine and therefore threatening. Feelings of guilt and the role of the mother in lower-class homes are also discussed.
creator: Karen Kollias, Rita Mae Brown, Dolores Bargowski & Beverly Fisher
publisher: Feminist Radio Network
rights: Not to be used for publication without the express written consent of Liza Cowan. Contact the Lesbian Herstory Archive for Liza Cowan’s contact information. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Learning to Fly, Show Business (Tape 1)
subject: Women in show business
description: This recording is a compilation of quotes, songs, poems, and performances by, about, and for women in show business. Featured in part one are quotes about working in music from Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin; music by Melanie Safka; a poem to Aretha Franklin by Nikki Giovanni; a letter to Janis Joplin; a performance of Mercedez Benz by Janis Joplin. There are unnamed performances throughout the recording.
creator: Radio Free Women
publisher: Radio Free Women
rights: Feminist Radio Network Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Learning to Fly, Show Business (Tape 2)
subject: Women in Show Business
description: This recording is a compilation of songs, music, excerpts, quotes, and recordings by, about, and for women in show business. Featured in part two are songs by Judy Garland; music from various Broadway shows and movie musicals; excerpts from Bette Davis' autobiography;quotes from Dorothy Dandrige; a recording of "Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign" by Dory Previn; a reading of the poem "I Have Come to Claim Marilyn Monroe's Body" by Judy Grahn; and a recording of "There's No Business Like Show Business".
creator: Radio Free Women
date: August 23, 1972
rights: Feminist Radio Network Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Learning to Fly, Sports
subject: Women and Sports
description: Thoughts on athletics as they exist in America, and the pressure to develop oneself physically. In this radio show there is a reclamation of the “physical you.” There is also a discussion of how sports have become controlled by big business interests, they are now a plaything of the rich. This dehumanizes athletes, causing them to strive for only what can make them rich. Women's sports don't get much spectatorship and consequently don't get promotion or funding. The guests discuss how sports have also become a masculinity rite, and how winning is associated with proving one’s virility. On the other end, women athletes are pressured to prove their femininity in a masculine field. The emphasis on winning destroys athletes' bodies and spirits. Coaching forces athletes to be disciplined and to accept commands unquestioningly. The upward social mobility of sports is an illusion, and can only benefit a small portion of women and POC. The athletic system in this country is elitist, and little encouragement is given to amateurs and women. Black and women athletes have been challenging institutional sports in America.
creator: Radio Free Women
date: August 1, 1974
rights: Feminist Radio Network Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Learning to Fly, Women and Alcohol
description: This is a Radio Free Women episode about women and alcohol, including topics such as the societal pressures that might cause women to drink excessively. The different topics are also combined with the following songs: "Lilac Wine" by Nina Simone, "Red Wine" at Noon by Joy of Cooking, "Broke Down Girl" by Buffy Saint-Maire, "Shake Sugaree" by Elizabeth Cotten, "Leftover Wine" by Melanie, "Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Lynn Anderson, "Sweet Blindness" by Laura Nyro, and "Bye, Bye Baby" by Big Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin. Nikki Giovanni's "All I Gotta Do" is also included.
date: 7/19/74
rights: Feminist Radio Network Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: audio/mpeg

Lee Brown: Streetology
description: Lee Brown is a black woman and an ex-offender, but says “none of the three overlap with each other”. Brown's conversation with Colivia Carter is an discourse touching on themes of intersectionality before the framework had its name. Brown reads poetry she calls “streetology” about her experiences with prostitution, incarceration, and black families.
rights: Not to be used for publication without the express written consent of Liza Cowan. Contact the Lesbian Herstory Archive for Liza Cowan’s contact information. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center (2nd Tuesday Series), 1986
subject: American poetry--20th century, Poets, Oral interpretation of poetry, Lesbians--United States, Feminists--United States, Social conditions, Criticism and interpretation, Apartheid--South Africa, Gays, Russians, Lesbianism--United States, Apartheid--South Africa, Cold War, African American women
description: Audre Lorde reading her poems for the "2nd Tuesday Series" at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City. Side A: Recorded at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City. Sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Women's Poetry Center at Hunter College, New York. Poet Audre Lorde reads thirteen poems many from her new book. [Poems: Notes from a Trip to Russia, Sisters in Arms, Holographs, Political Relations, A Question of Climate, There are No Honest Poems about Dead Women, A Question of Essence, For the Record: (In memory of Eleanor Bumpurs), Making Love to Concrete, Women on Trains. Never to Dream of Spiders and Call.] Side B: Question and answer session with a collection for the Sisters in Support of South Africa.
creator: Audre Lorde
source: Side A (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1170_A.mp3 Side A (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1170_A.wav
source: Side B (mp3) http://herstory.prattsils.org/mp3_files/spw1170_B.mp3 Side B (wav) http://herstory.prattsils.org/wav_files/spw1170_B.wav
publisher: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
format: Original = Cassette Tape
format: WAV
format: MP3
language: English
type: Sound
type: Poetry Reading

Lesbian Aesthetics I
subject: Lesbian art
subject: Feminist theory
subject: Lesbian literature
subject: Beth Hodges
subject: Bertha Harris
subject: Gayle Rubin
subject: Rita Mae Brown
description: Broadcast from Gay Academic Union Conference, panel on "Lesbian Aesthetics," held at NYU's Loeb Student Center on November 29th and 30th, 1974. The program hosting the broadcast and host are not known. The panelists featured are Beth Hodges, Bertha Harris, Gayle Rubin, and Rita Mae Brown.
publisher: WBAI Radio
rights: This item is protected by copyright. You are free to use this item for personal and educational purposes, as outlined in CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Requests for further uses and licensing questions should be forwarded to Pacifica Radio, owner of WBAI and other historical stations. See also LHA Copyright Statement.

Lesbian Avengers Dyke March Promo / HomoTeens: Portraits of Lesbian and Gay Teenagers
subject: Lesbian Community, Dyke Marches, Homophobia, Coming Out
description: The first 2 minutes are a promotional video for the first annual Dyke Pride March at Bryant Park in June, 1993, featuring footage from the DC Dyke Pride March in April 1993, which includes lesbians marching in the streets, chanting, dancing, and fire-eating. After, there are several minutes of solid stills featuring text appearing to be the names of individuals featured in the project "HomoTeens: Portraits of Lesbian and Gay Teenagers" by Joan Jubela. The footage features clippings of an article written about Henry, a young gay man, in People magazine that outed him to his mother. From 11:50-13:45, Henry talks about the conversations with his parents after the article was published, wherein his father was accepting but his mother was very upset.
creator: Lesbian Avengers (Dyke March Promo)
creator: Joan Jubela (HomoTeens)
date: 1993 (date created)
date: 02/2024 (date digitized)
rights: Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian in Literature

Lesbian Nation, April 14, 1972
subject: Poetry
description: Martha Shelley hosts a poetry reading and interview with lesbian poets from the San Lorenzo Bay area. In between reading their poems, the women discuss power and equality dynamics, as well as relationships and trying to get works published in The Ladder. Trigger warning: racial slurs.
date: 4/14/1972
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, April 2, 1974
subject: Gay professionals
description: This recording begins with announcements for upcoming poetry readings located throughout New York City. The next segment is a pre-recorded interview panel that offers insight into the gay professional led by a woman identified only as Shoshana. She discusses her own background and experiences in the workplace and then asks her panelists questions about their experiences and difficulties they face. The panelists go on to discuss their hesitancy and fears of what the repercussions of being out on the job would mean. Continuing on, the panelists discuss societal pressures and the vagaries of workplace policies and the paranoia it can lead to. As the discussion concludes, the focus and fear society has on the sexual aspect of being gay is explored. This broadcast concludes with Martha Shelley discussing her feelings of nostalgia on turning 30.
date: 1974-04-02
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English
type: Sound

Lesbian Nation, April 23, 1973
subject: Lesbian Authors, Lesbian Community, Feminism
description: Second part of the interview with Jill Johnson, writer of the book, Lesbian Nation. Martha and Jill continue their discussion about personal and political relationships in lesbian culture and the complex issue of men in lesbian and feminist spaces. [Music: Can't Stop the Maddness by Birtha and audio from Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About The Godfather but Never Thought to Ask]
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1973-04-23
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, August 11, 1972

Lesbian Nation, August 11, 1972
subject: Lesbian Authors, Stereotypes, Lesbian Community
description: Martha Shelley interviews Sydney Abbott and Barbara Love about their newly released book "Sappho Was a Right On Woman," The book and discussion touches on topics of lesbian experience including the "evil" lesbian who attempt to rebel against norms, the external and internal pressure of the lesbian experience and the fragmented nature of the women's movement. [Music: Women Like Me by Roberta Kosse and Heroin by the Velvet Underground plays]
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1972-08-11
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, August 25, 1972
subject: Literature, Daughters of Bilitis, Women's Lib, Publishing
description: An interview with Julie Lee about her background, work and ongoings with New York City & New Jersey branches of Daughters of Bilitis. This recording also includes a discussion of the book “Lesbian Woman” by Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon, the topics it addresses and Julie Lee’s efforts on east coast distribution of the book.
date: 197?-08-25
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, December 26, 1972
subject: Femisnism, Lesbian Community, Lesbian Activism
description: Interview with Julie Lee, an important member of the Daughters of Bilitis, about the New Jersey National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) and her struggles to create a chapter of NOW dedicated to "doubly-oppressed" women (which included lesbians, POC women and improvished women in the community).
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1972-12-26
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, February 20, 1973
subject: Lesbian Community, Lesbian Actresses, Play
description: Interview about the play "Coming Out: A Documentary Play About Gay Life & Liberation in the U.S.A". by Jonathan Ned Katz with five members of the cast. In the course of the conversation, the cast also discusses issues with relating to other social groups through the play.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1973-02-20
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, February 26, 1973
subject: Alimony, Divorce, Feminism
description: On February 21st, a protest was conducted in Times Square by Committee for Fair Divorce and Alimony Laws protesting the paying of alimony by husbands. A counter protest conducted by National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) in favor of alimony and increased regulations and child support. Martha Shelley conducted interviews with both organizations from individuals at the protests.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1973-02-26
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, January 14, 1974
subject: Feminism, Oppression
description: Martha Shelley plays a Lavender Jane song to open the episode and reads a series of local announcements. In the second part of a three-episode interview, Shelley speaks with Florynce Kennedy about intersectional feminism and racial conflict in the feminist movement, defining one's lesbian identity, and working to reject the pathology of oppression. Trigger warning: racial slurs.
date: 1/14/1974
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, January 1973 [Women Choose Women Exhibition]
subject: Women Choose Women Exhibition, Interviews, Art
description: This recording consists of informal interviews and a narrated tour conducted by Martha Shelly as she walks through the museum on the opening of the Women Choose Women exhibit at the New York Cultural Center. Martha Shelley interviews important people tied to this exhibit such as Mario Amaya, director of the New York Cultural Center. Anne Kang, an activist who discusses work with her fellow activists to protest discrimination against work created by women at the Museum of Modern Art and the organization of what would become the Women Choose Women exhibition. Artist Muriel Castanis, a self described “sculpturette” shares her enthusiasm for the exhibition and the New York Cultural Center for hosting it. After the conclusion of this section, Martha Shelley conducts a walking tour of the exhibition and discusses selected works that stood out to her. She bumps into Janet Kogan and asks about her works and how they became part of the show.
date: 01/12/1973
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, January 2, 1973
subject: Poetry
description: In this episode of Lesbian Nation Martha Shelley speaks with poet Susan Caver. In between Caver reading her poetry, Shelley and her discuss the “disturbing” themes in Caver’s poetry which include incest and religion, as well as Carver’s past relationships.
date: 1/2/1973
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, January 21, 1974
subject: Anti-prison movement, Intersectional Feminism
description: The episode opens with a song from Lavender Jane. Then in the final part of a three-episode interview, Martha Shelley brings back Florynce Kennedy to discuss Bobby Seale's trial and mayoral run in Oakland, Kennedy's experience as part of Assata Shakur's legal team, and intersectionality and conflict between the feminist and black power movements. Following their interview, Viv Sutherland reviews Myrna Lamb's play Because I Said So, playing at the Women's Arts Center. Trigger warning: racial slurs.
date: 1/21/1974
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, January 30, 1973
subject: Lesbian Community, Lesbian Activism, Lesbian Artists
description: Interview with Jane Kogan about Daughters of Bilitis and why she gave up painting and her life as an activist and artist [The Lady’s Not for Sale by Kris Kristofferson plays] .
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1973-01-30
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, July 28, 1972
subject: Women’s liberation, Publishing, Coming out, Sexuality
description: 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.”
date: 7/28/1972
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, June 12, 1973
subject: Environmentalism, Women Political Activists
description: Part 1 of a reading of a letter by Jane Alpert titled Mother Right that discusses Jane Alpert's life in the Weather Underground for three years. The letter is split into two parts: an open letter to women activists to leave the left movement to radical feminism and a call to action to build a matriarchy. The episode references rape, emotional manipulation and sexism performed by members of the Weather Underground and the left.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1973-06-12
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, June 26, 1973

Lesbian Nation, June 26, 1973
subject: male vs female biology , Gynocracy, Motherhood, Feminism
description: In this episode Martha Shelley reads a letter written by Jane Alpert. The letter discusses male vs female biology, motherhood, feminism and the feminist revolution, Gynocracies and patriarchies, as well as gender roles.
date: 6/26/1973
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, June 8, 1973 [In Search of Sappho]
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Lesbian Nation, March 13, 1973
subject: Lesbian Community, Feminism, Lesbian Activism
description: Karla Jay and June Rook about the book "Out of the Closet," a gay anthology of views and articles about the gay experience including the gay experience in Cuba and a discussion of the value of the individual perspective. [Bar One by Maxine Adele Feldman]
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1973-03-13
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, March 21, 197[?]
subject: Literature, Poetry, Women’s Press Collective
description: A recording of Judy Grahn who briefly discusses publishing and two independent presses run by women, the Women’s Press Collective & Mama’s Press in the California bay area. The majority of airtime is dedicated to Grahn’s reading of works from the aforementioned presses. She reads chapter 17 from Sharon Isabel’s autobiographical novel “Yesterday’s Lessons” as well as poetry from “Lesbians Speak Out” & poems of Susan Griffin.
date: 197?-03-21
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, March 27, 1973
subject: Literature, publishing
description: In this episode of Lesbian Nation Martha Shelley speaks with Isabel Miller, author of “Patience and Sarah”. They discuss Miller’s writing career, her use of a pseudonym for writing lesbian novels, and the process of getting “Patience and Sarah” published.
date: 3/27/1973
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, November 18, 1973
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Lesbian Nation, November 20, 1972

Lesbian Nation, November 20, 1972
subject: Lesbian Community, Poetry, Lesbian Activism
description: A re-broadcast of a poetry reading with Audre Lorde on Staten Island. The poem read include "Times Change and We Change with Them or We Seem to have Lost Touch with Each Other," "Martha," and "The Maiden, and Song."
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1972-11-20
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, October 12, 1972 [Kate Millett, "Since Sexual Politics"]
subject: Sexuality, Revolutionary Movements, Vietnam War
description: Martha Shelley speaks with Kate Millett, author of Sexual Politics, 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.
date: 10/21/1973
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, October 13, 1972
subject: Lesbian Community, Feminism, Lesbian Activism
description: Mary Flowerpot plays a recording of Joyce Grenfell's audio drama and a continuation of the story of "Sally Lime, the Third Woman." Later, Martha Shelley interviews Karla Jay and June Rook about the book "Out of the Closet," a gay anthology of views and articles about topics including the gay experience in Cuba and a discussion of the value of the individual perspective. [Music: Bar One by Maxine Adele Feldman]
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1972-10-13
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English

Lesbian Nation, October 15, 1973 [Esther Newton, pt. 2]
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Lesbian Nation, October 20, 1972
subject: Lesbian Community, Author, Writing
description: Bertha Harris from Richmond College on writing and her life as a lesbian author.
publisher: Lesbian Herstory Archives
date: 1972-10-20
language: English

Lesbian Nation, October 20, 1972
subject: Literature, Poetry, Intellectualism
description: This episode of Lesbian Nation opens with Mary Flowerpot’s comedy segement followed by Martha Shelly interviewing Bertha Harris. Harris is the author of “Catching Saradove” (1969), “Confessions of Cherubino.” (1972), and “Lover” (1976). Shelley and Harris have a conversation about the writing process and intellectualism.
date: 10/20/1972
rights: Contact LHA at dyv.lha@gmail.com Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
language: English