Lesbians — Personal narratives

  • Interracial gay relationships / hosted by Helene Rosenbluth and David S. Fradkin

    Five interracial gay and lesbian couples discuss their relationships. Aspects include how and when race and oppression come up in arguments, pressures from family, and societal expectations placed upon both gays/lesbians and people of color. The couples, most of whom are identified by first name only, are Warren, a Black man, and his lover Steve,…

  • Lesbian separation / hosted and produced by Ron Gold.

    Three women who believe that lesbians can find their own identities by relating exclusively with other women discuss this view. The panelists discuss where on the spectrum of “lesbian separation” they currently find themselves and whether men and women can relate to each other in a patriarchal society. The guests are Jan Crawford, convener of…

  • Lesbian sisters: August 6, 1974

    This episode of the series Lesbian sisters includes 1.–Conversation between women artists: writer Alice Bloch, painter Joy Franklin, filmmaker Jan Oxenberg, poet [L.J.]? Tessier, weaver and sculptor Jackie Weller. 2.–Evan Paxton reads a short story. Features songs by Judy Collins, Cris Williamson, Meg Christian and Laura Nyro. Produced by Evan Paxton. Women artists segment engineered…

  • Liberation: a woman’s viewpoint (Series record)

    In June 1970, KPFK presented this special short series. In episode one, “Male/female: masculine/feminine,” Virginia Bruce discusses sex and gender; in episode two, “Sex, sex, sex,” Nancy Rosser discusses women’s sexuality, and discusses sexuality with a gay woman; and in episode three, “Making it and not making it,” Ann Herschfang talks about ways in which…

  • Bernice Soohoo Lee / produced by Penny Rosenwasser.

    Series of radio interviews with women shamans, activists, teachers, artists and healers.|BERNICE SOOHOO LEE / produced by Penny Rosenwasser. – SERIES: Voices of women of power| no. 8 – Series of radio interviews with women shamans, activists, teachers, artists and healers. CONTENT: Bernice Soohoo Lee is a San Francisco area community activist who quite law…

  • Lesbian nuns : breaking silence / produced by Reyna Cowan.

    Rosemary Curb and Nancy Manahan, former nuns, discuss their experiences in the convent, what religious life is like for nuns, and their editing of the book about lesbian nuns.|LESBIAN NUNS: BREAKING SILENCE / produced by Reyna Cowan. – Rosemary Curb and Nancy Manahan, former nuns, discuss their experiences in the convent, what religious life is…

  • Mad art / Sheila Gilhooly and Persimmon Blackbridge ; produced by the Still Mad Collective.

    Two artist, Sheila Gilhooly and Persimmon Blackbridge, discuss their sculpture-written piece based on Sheila’s 3 years in a psychiatric institution for being a lesbian. They address her experience of being labeled as “sick,” the use of drugs as treatment, electroshock therapy, and the healing power of connecting with other women.