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Black lesbian literature emerged from the Black Feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Dissatisfied with the inability of both the feminist movement of the 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement to address the specific forms of oppression experienced by black women, [1] these writers produced critical essays and fictional works which gave voice to their experiences, using Black ...
Writer and author Audre Lorde [35] Author and feminist Alice Walker [36] Author and poet Tracy Chapman [37] Singer RuPaul [38] Actor, drag queen, and television personality Tarell Alvin McCraney [39] Playwright and actor James Baldwin [40] Author Janet Mock [41] Writer, TV host, and transgender rights activist Isis King [42] Model and designer ...
Mouths of Rain is a compilation of writings spanning 1909 to 2019 from Black lesbian women and others who have had intimate relationships with other Black women. [2] [3] It was intended as a companion to the 1995 anthology Words of Fire by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and contains writings by: Alice Walker, Cheryl Clarke, Audre Lorde, Pauli Murray, Barbara Smith, and Bettina Love.
This category lists notable writers who identify, or who have been identified, as lesbians. Many of them have written about the nature of same-sex love and desire using fictional, autobiographical, or journalistic forms.
Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), author of Our Nig and the first African-American novelist; Kathy Y. Wilson (d. 2022), journalist, columnist, playwright, and commentator; William Julius Wilson (born 1935), author of When Work Disappears, The Truly Disadvantaged, and The Declining Significance of Race; Oprah Winfrey (born 1954) Carter G. Woodson ...
Pages in category "American lesbian writers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 596 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
LGBT Detroit is a Michigan nonprofit organization serving the African American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of Detroit, and nearby communities Detroit, MI: Lighthouse Foundation: 2019–present The Foundation advocates for the Black LGBTQ community in Chicago.
In an issue of off our backs, a feminist news journal, a participant recounts her experience in the 3rd World Lesbian Writers Conference on February 24, 1979 at New York City's Women's Center, in which Lorraine Bethel and Barbara Smith moderated one of the five workshops available. In their workshop, called "Third World Feminist Criticism ...
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