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Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984

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Lesbians Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 1, February 1989
2. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
3. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
4. The Killing of Sister George
5. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
6. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
7. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
8. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
9. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
10. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
11. Gwenn Craig Outwords profile
12. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
13. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
14. Marie Cartier graduation celebration, 2010 Women applauding Marie Cartier at a party celebrating her graduating from Claremont College with a PhD in theology. Hot Java coffeehouse was transformed into a gay women's bar from the 1950s. The Front row: Marie Cartier in cap and gown and Carolyn Weathers in rhinestone glasses. Middle row: unknown, Jayne Doolittle-Swanson in striped shirt and Jeanne Cordova in hat. Back row, mostly obscured, Pat Lamis in hat, unknown woman with hands in air. May 22, 2010.
15. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
16. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
17. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
18. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
19. Gay Sunshine, undated
20. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
21. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
22. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
23. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
24. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
25. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
26. The Word is Out, 1977
27. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
28. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
29. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
30. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
31. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
32. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
33. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
34. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
35. Thirteen Women, 1932
36. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
37. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
38. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
39. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
40. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
41. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
42. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
43. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
44. Pandora's Box, 1929
45. Home, circa 1982
46. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
47. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
48. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
49. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Cover for Gravedigger by Joseph Hansen, 1982
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
4. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
5. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
6. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
7. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
8. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
9. Queerios, 2015
10. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
11. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
12. Christopher Isherwood, typescript second draft of A Single Man, 1963
13. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
14. Pandora's Box, 1929
15. William Haines, rendering of living room of the Sidney and Frances Brody residence, Beverly Hills, circa 1952
16. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
Writing Beth McDonald "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe,” said the French novelist Gustave Flaubert. Poets, novelists, playwrights, and creative writers of all kinds have been interpreting the world around them through writing for millennia. LGBTQ+ authors use their writing to ask questions about themselves and their world, to reveal themselves or hide themselves, to connect with other members of the community, and to understand what they believe.
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