Continuing our series, Lesbian Magazines Through the Decades we have DYKE, A Quarterly published in New York from 1975 to 1979. Liza Cowan and Penny House created the magazine as a space for Lesbian cultural analysis. It was radically political but also extremely personal with letters and submissions from Lesbians searching for community. DYKE was intended to be a platform curated for dykes, the group felt that devoting any time to explaining our way of life to the straight masses was a waste and energy should be put only to strengthening Lesbian culture. In a statement from the magazine this is made clear when they say “Lesbian community – Lesbian culture- means Lesbian only DYKE is a magazine for Dykes only! We will speak freely among ourselves. We are not interested in telling the straight world what we are doing. In fact, we hope they never even see the magazine. It is none of their business.” Here at the June L. Mazer Lesbian collection is open to anyone who wants to learn about Lesbian history.
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