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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Kylie Kendall, the lesbian manager of a pub in tiny Wollegudgerie, Australia who inherits 51% of her father's private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, in mysteries by Claire McNab; Lane Thompson, a charming lesbian patient at the Wonderdrug Psychiatric Center in The Woman Who Made Me Feel Strange (Those Strange Women #1) by Anna Ferrara
The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement, The Global Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Politics [1] Evan Adams: b. 1966: Canadian: playwright: Dreams of Sheep, Snapshots, Dirty Dog River and Janice's Christmas [2] Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler: b. ? Canadian: horror: Wrist, Ghost Lake [3] Etel Adnan: 1925–2021: Lebanese-American: poet: Sea and Fog [4 ...
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 the 1980s and 90s, lesbian literature diversified into genre literature, including fantasy, mystery, science fiction, romance, graphic novels, and young adult. [77] In 1983, Anita Cornwell wrote the first published collection of essays by an African-American lesbian, Black Lesbian in White America, published by Naiad Press. [78]