1940s
Reading Guide: Butch-Femme in NYC’s Greenwich Village, 1940s-1960s
Is a butch always a butch, a fem always a fem? Who knows!
New York City
1940s
Reading Guide: Audre Lorde in NYC’s Greenwich Village, 1950s-1960s
We ramble further in our Reading Guide Fridays with the skinny on some must-read readings re dykes in the 1940s-1960s, both from that era and written in retrospect. Our fourth selection is basically one of the most central authors in the dyke canon... It’s safe to say
dyke bars
How to Be an Activist: the 1980s from Auntie Valerie Walker
How racist is queer life? And how do you be a 40+ year activist despite it? Auntie Valerie Walker tells all, including how "the bar scene is its own movement."