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9 Cards in this Set
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Keely Moll
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mother made her read books to figure out her sexuality
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When was the Golden Age of Lesbian writing
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1950s/60s
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Lesbian romance novels
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- reached out to isolated women
- romance novel plot line - publishers constrained writers - didn't want books to be subtle - "revolutionary change in lives of women" |
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Jeanne Healty
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- 15 years old, always had crushes on girls
- 22 years old, first relationship |
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Amanda White
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- residential schools
- only options were the white man school OR work like her mother - didn't want man dominant relationship |
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Ruth Christie
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- at a gay bar for first time at age 19
- 7.5 months pregnant - saw an attractive woman |
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Vanport Hotel
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Gay bar
- drugs, hookers |
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What year was the first gay bar in Toronto opened?
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1951
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Attraction of lesbian lifestyle
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- forbiddenness- being who you are- women decided who they wanted to be- strong women - hard to be gay back then- women stick together
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