Documents Tagged ‘lesbian’


Diary of a Mad Organizer: The WCLC Conference

Archive Entry Date: 6/30/1973

A conference organizer tells the story of Beth Elliot's appearance

1500 Women at UCLA Hold Lesbian Conference

Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973

The 1973 National Lesbian Conference was a consciousness-raising event for three of the BWMC's founders

The Split Between Hetero Feminists and Lesbians

Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973

An explanation of feminist movement splits

Early Photo of The Berkeley Women’s Music Collective

Archive Entry Date: c. 1973

The dress of the Collective speaks to their persona and lifestyle

The Berkeley Women’s Music Collective (self-titled first album)

Archive Entry Date: 1976

The BWMC mixed folk, gospel, blues and rock as they powerfully gave voice to lesbian-feminist liberation

Pat Parker

Archive Entry Date: 1970s

The Black Panther Party and the Berkeley Gay Women's Liberation founder Pat Parker's life and political influence

Judy Grahn and the Women’s Press Collective

Archive Entry Date: 12/69

Gay Women's Liberation is founded in 1969 and fights for the voices of gay identified women