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Outside Club 88, Darby Crash gave Phranc the infamous cigarette “Germs burn,” a circular mark connecting the two in Crash's "circle." Yet, Phranc was already a prominent member of the L.A. punk scene, and Crash’s and Phranc’s openness about the identities would separate their roles in it.
Phranc (nee Susan Gottlieb) talked overtly about being a lesbian in a somewhat un-accepting scene. Phranc in her own words explains, “I was always out as a lesbian. I can’t remember any other out queers at that time. There were the Screamers but nobody ever really talked or sang about them being queer.” She took pride in writing songs that dealt with the issues of lesbians, but also sought to reach everybody. In no way did Phranc want her sexuality to define her, for it is as she describes “...part of me like my haircut and shoes.” [1]
[1] Gillian Gaar, She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock and Roll (Seattle: Seal Press, 2002), 311.
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