Lesbians — United States

  • Lesbian purges in the military / produced by Karla Tonella

    Panel with four women who were in the military from 1946 until 1980 including Judy Grahn, author of “The Common Woman Poems”; Pat Bond from the film “Word is Out”; Sharon Isabel, author of “Yesterday’s Lessons”; Debra DeBont of the Women Veterans Information Network; and moderated by Sabrina Sojourner. Topics include inspiration to join the…

  • The contemporary lesbian : beyond stereotypes.

    A radio production examining contemporary concerns for lesbians, how lesbians view themselves, and the hostile and often impertinent world they face. Contains music, poetry, panel discussions, dramatizations and dramatic readings written, read and performed by lesbians. Conceived by the Women’s Center for Theater and Media. Actors are Paul Hansen, Everett Frost, Sharon Adair, Juliana McCarthy…

  • The Lesbians / interviewed by Charles Hayden.

    An informal discussion between nine lesbians, all in their early-to-mid-twenties, recorded at an apartment in New York City’s Greenwich Village and moderated by Charles Hayden (later Randolfe Hayden “Randy” Wicker). The women discuss how one becomes a lesbian, their relationships with their parents, and how they relate to gay and straight men and women. They…

  • Kate Millett and her book Flying

    Kate Millett interviewed by Paul Vangelisti on her book “Flying” and her ideals about art in her life. Previously cataloged as “The artist and Flying.”

  • 1985 feminist retrospective / produced by Ginny Z. Berson and and Karen Sundheim.

    Examination of the women’s movement and the conditon on women in 1985. Includes features on the United Nation’s Nairobi Conference, the issue of comparable worth, affirmative action, abortion and reproductive rights, lesbian and gay rights, culture, pornography, and more.

  • The lesbian underground: on being a lesbian before the women’s liberation movement

    Sabrina Sojourner hosts a discussion on the lesbian underground, or what it was like to be a lesbian before the feminist and gay liberation movement. Guests include Del Martin, author and Commissioner of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women; Phyllis Lyon, Commissioner for the Human Rights Commission in San Francisco; and Pat…