Library Guides: LGBTQIA+: Lesbian

eBooks

Intimate Betrayal by Ellyn Kaschak
ISBN: 9781317788188

Publication Date: 2014-01-02

This long-needed book brings together theory, practice, and research to suggest new and fruitful ways to understand, prevent, and treat this common problem. Intimate Betrayal provides new empirical research into the psychological and sociocultural causes of abuse...Intimate Betrayal suggests exciting new models for freeing women from domestic violence, including the use of clinical and community resources and liberation theology. Community activists, counselors, and psychologists will be intrigued by the insightful analysis of the root causes of lesbian-on-lesbian violence and the valuable treatment suggestions.
Lesbian Communities by Penny Sablove; Esther D. Rothblum
ISBN: 9781560233381

Publication Date: 2005-09-19

One of the driving forces in the lives of many lesbians is the search for community in a society that favors heterosexuality and often turns a cold shoulder toward women who love women. Lesbian Communities: Festivals, RVs, and the Internet takes you inside flourishing lesbian communities--physical, spiritual, and virtual (online)--that provide practical help, emotional support, and much-needed outlets for creative expression. Exploring communities functioning in harmony with general American society as well as separatist groups, "festival communities" which form for short times annually, and informal online groups offering meaningful communication to physically isolated lesbians, this book offers a ray of light to those whose search is still ongoing--with 13 photographs and illustrations.
Lives of Lesbian Elders by D. Merilee Clunis; Pat A. Freeman; Nancy M. Nystrom; Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen; J. Dianne Garner
ISBN: 9780789023346

Publication Date: 2005-06-06

Based on interviews with 62 lesbians ranging in age from 55 to 95, this very special book provides a historical account of the shared experiences of the lesbian community that is so often invisible or ignored in contemporary society. The book gives voice to their thoughts and feelings on a wide range of issues, including coming out, identity and the meaning of life, the role of family and personal relationships, work and retirement, adversity, and individual sources of strength and resilience. Cast off and overlooked at best or victims of scorn and prejudice at worst, lesbians in the twentieth century lived dual lives, their full voices unhearduntil now. Lives of Lesbian Elders chronicles the life choices they made and their reasons for making them, set against the contexts of culture, politics, and the social mores of the eras in which they lived. Their stories of courage, resilience, resourcefulness, pride, and independence help restore lesbian history that has been forgotten, distorted, or disregarded and provide the information necessary to meet the future needs of aging lesbians. Lives of Lesbian Elders gives aging lesbians a chance to discuss their thoughts on a variety of topics, including: Coming out
The Outside Thing by Hannah Roche
ISBN: 0231547692

Publication Date: 2019-06-17

Hannah Roche reinterprets three major modern lesbian writers, showing how literary and affective romance played a crucial yet overlooked role in the works of Gertrude Stein, Radclyffe Hall, and Djuna Barnes. The Outside Thing is a significant rethinking of the interconnections between queer writing, lesbian living, and literary modernism.
Transforming Law's Family by Fiona Kelly
ISBN: 9781283245555

Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Drawing on the rarely heard voices of Canada's lesbian mothers, Transforming Law's Family explores the legal dimensions of planned lesbian parenthood and proposes avenues for legal change.

eVIdeos

Founders of the Modern Lesbian Civil Rights Movement

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were partners in love and political struggle for over fifty years. . It is a delightful way to meet these legendary lesbians, known as the founders of the modern lesbian civil rights movement. When they courageously launched the Daughters of Bilitis in 1955, it became the first public organization for lesbians in America. This documentary follows Martin and Lyon's story through half a century, tracing the emergence of lesbians from the fear of discovery to an expectation of equality.

An insightful expose on the subculture of Trans men, lesbians “butches” and their “femme” counterparts who toe the line between gender definitions. Filmed over five years in NYC during the late 90s and early 00s, the featured “Aggressives” share their dreams, secrets and deepest fears.

A favorite of the film festival circuit, this fascinating documentary features intimate and revealing interviews with six subjects. Official Selection at the SXSW Film Festival.

Statisically Speaking

44% of Lesbian women aged 16 to 27 reported thoughts about suicide, 20% have attempted suicide [xxxix].
46% of Lesbian women aged 16 to 27 reported having self-harmed, 48% reported thoughts about harming themselves [xl]
39.1% of Lesbian women aged 16 and over reported being diagnosed or treated for any mental disorder in the past three years [xli]

Local Assistance

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Lesbian groups in San Antonio

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NCLR is a national legal organization that has been advancing LGBTQ equality through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education since 1977.NCLR is a non-profit, public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBTQ community; provides free legal assistance to LGBTQ people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBTQ issues.

GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love.

Spotlight Video

Lesbian Latinas Fight for Justice

Winner of a Peabody Award, a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Documentary and a Critic’s Choice Award for Best First Feature, the film excavates the nightmarish persecution of Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh and Anna Vasquez, four Latina lesbians wrongfully convicted of gang-raping two little girls in San Antonio, Texas.

Using the women’s home video footage from 21 years ago, combined with recent verite footage and interviews, the film explores their personal narratives and their search for exculpatory evidence.

In the Library

Borderlands / la Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa; Norma Cantu (Introduction by); Aída Hurtado (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781879960855

Publication Date: 2012-06-12

Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. LGBT Studies. Fourth Edition. Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged, and continue to challenge, how we think about identity. BORDERLANDS/LA FRONTERA remaps our understanding of what a "border" is, presenting it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us.
Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature by Meredith Miller
ISBN: 9780810849419

Publication Date: 2006-01-12

While lesbian literature can trace its name back to the Greek poet Sappho, who was born on the Island of Lesbos in 630 B.C., it was not until the past century that the genre really gained popularity. More lesbian poems, novels and plays, as well as secondary literature, have been produced during the last one hundred years than during all the previous centuries put together. The Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature serves two primary functions: to provide further information to those who are already familiar with the field, and to explain it to those who are just getting acquainted. Several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on important writers such as Sappho, Colette, Mary Wollstonecraft, and many others who are less well known are included. Also included are a chronology and an introduction depicting the progression of the genre, and a bibliography for further research.
Searching for Sappho by Philip Freeman
ISBN: 9780393242232

Publication Date: 2016-02-15

The daughter of an aristocratic family, a wife, a devoted mother and a lover of women, Sappho was one of the greatest writers of her own or any age. Although most people have heard of Sappho, the story of her lost poems and the lives of ancient women they celebrate has never been told for a general audience. Philip Freeman paints a vivid picture of Sappho's world. He delves into religious rites, customs, the role of women in the family, medical knowledge and the experience of motherhood at the time. Through this contextual knowledge, a picture of Sappho's life emerges. Freeman uses his vast historical research, in conjunction with Sappho's poems and other Greek works of fiction, to bring us the closest we can come to knowing the biographical details of this most famous woman poet.
With Her Machete in Her Hand by Catrióna Rueda Esquibel
ISBN: 9780292712751

Publication Date: 2006-01-01

With the 1981 publication of the groundbreaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa ushered in an era of Chicana lesbian writing. But while these two writers have achieved iconic status, observers of the Chicana/o experience have been slow to perceive the existence of a whole community--lesbian and straight, male as well as female--who write about the Chicana lesbian experience. To create a first full map of that community, this book explores a wide range of plays, novels, and short stories by Chicana/o authors that depict lesbian characters or lesbian desire.