Social Research into Lesbian Issues

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Sydney Asian Lez personals, 2001-2004

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Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life North American; United States, pub. 1994

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Collection of Lesbian Scrapbook Photographs, via the GLBT Historical Society Archives

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Sonrisa lésbica by Mariam Pessah 2005

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Commitment Ceremony, New York City (1989) by Kathy Shorr

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Photos by Chloe Sherman taken at the 1st anniversary party for the lesbian bar Lexington, San Francisco 1998

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1950s Butch-Femme wedding, seen in Before Stonewall (1984)

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Calling all lesbians and dykes!

Share your perspectives and experiences on being a lesbian, on community, and on safe spaces!

If you currently live in Australia and are over 18 years old, follow this link to take part in a survey!

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Calling all lesbians and dykes!

Share your perspectives and experiences on being a lesbian, on community, and on safe spaces!

If you currently live in Australia and are over 18 years old, follow this link to take part in a survey!

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Lesbians are the only hope

Pride Parade, San Francisco, California, 1970s, by Judith Shane Hoth. (source)

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“Dyke rage is blessed”

Dyke March, San Francisco, June 27th, 2015, by skamalas on flickr. (source)

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"June as the champ, West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, 1962" from The Watermelon Woman: The Fae Richards Photo Archive

source: The Wild Good: Lesbian Photographs & Writings on Love, edited by Beatrix Gates

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"Ira Jeffries (far right), with her girlfriend, Snowbaby, and her mother, Bonita (standing), celebrating Ira's sixteenth birthday in a Harlem club" from the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Captioned: "I'm the butch but I'm not allowed to dress as I please yet."

source: The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle

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Tibok: Heartbeat of the Filipino Lesbian (1998) by Anna Leah Sarabia

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a butch photographed by bee ottinger for her thesis on the los angeles gay community service center's "lesbian house," 1972-73.

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so lforlove.in is an indian website that’s trying to normalise lesbian relationships and

oh my god

it’s so sassy and so cute and just

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#LforLove is conceptualised by Ogilvy India and the photographic campaign is shot by lesbian activist and photographer Monisha Ajgaonkar.

Burzin Mehta of Ogilvy said, “There’s enough social stigma attached to being lesbian in our country. Add to that, the imagery that pornography fuels and what you get is an absolutely warped perception of what lesbian relationships stands for. So we consulted with members of the community throughout the campaign and also got Monisha – a proud lesbian photographer, to shoot the pictures. Given the nature of the campaign, we made it possible for audiences to ask questions to a lesbian, anonymously. Predictably, most of them stemmed from homophobia and porn. Answering them the way we have, has resonated very positively within the community. That’s a truly heartening feeling. While it has triggered a conversation, let’s hope it goes beyond and results in greater acceptance of the community by the industry, by brands and by consumers alike.”

Monisha Ajgaonkar, the photographer of the series, said, “As part of the LGBTQ community, this campaign spoke to me on a personal level. Lesbians are mostly portrayed as either highly sexual beings or as abnormal girls who are tomboyish and unhappy, which is completely unrealistic. Campaigns like #LforLove will go a long way in normalising the status of lesbians in society.”