"The humor that was done on us was making us the object rather than the subject... When we started doing jokes that were about us, rather than on us, we started getting laughs. But it wasn't easy." - Robin Tyler
"As a lesbian, I feel as if I've been pushed back into the closet. I looked forward to going to university as a teenager so I could meet like minded people, but those people like myself stay hidden out of fear of being labelled a bigot. It's lonely." -Anonymous (2021)
Only a few times in history have women been in a position to separate from the rest of society in order to describe the world as we see it, and our needs. - Judy Grahn
"Without a visual identity, we have no community, no support network, no movement. Making ourselves visible is a political act, making ourselves visible is a continual process." - Joan E. Biren
Save the date for Sapphic Circles this fall! 🌙
"If there’s one thing that all lesbians have in common, it’s the ability to say “no” to coercion. Tell a lesbian not to do something, and she'll turn right around and do it. That’s the essence of the lesbian." - Julia Penelope
Because these events were women-only and private, lesbians flocked to them in droves and recreated them locally. Given the political climate for lesbians, there were very few places they could vacation without fear of being outed as homosexuals.
"The subject of lesbianism is very ordinary; it’s the question of male domination that makes everybody angry." - Judy Grahn (1971)
