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Lesbian women who have identified themselves as "political lesbians" include Ti-Grace Atkinson, Julie Bindel, Charlotte Bunch, Yvonne Rainer, and Sheila Jeffreys. On December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Association voted almost unanimously to remove "homosexuality" from the list of psychiatric disorders that are included in the group's ...
Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia. New York, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-3629-6. Lattas, Judy, "Queer Sovereignty: the Gay & Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands", Cosmopolitan Civil Societies journal, UTS September 2009; Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New ...
Number of countries protecting core LGBT-rights The following is a timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history in the 20th century. 1900s 1901 – On 8 June 1901, two women, Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sanchez Loriga, attempted to get married in A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). To achieve it Elisa had to adopt a male identity: Mario Sánchez, as listed on the marriage ...
The term Gay Bowel Syndrome was coined to describe a range of rectal diseases seen among gay male patients; in the pre-AIDS era, this is the first medical term to relate to gay men. [56] 1976 – The London Gay Teenage Group was established by Phillip Cox and Paul Welch, building on foundations laid by the Campaign for Homosexual Equality. It ...
According to the biography “Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion” by Anne Somerset, the Queen, contrary to the portrayal of her in “The Favourite,” was a reserved, almost stoic figure even ...
In the United Kingdom, the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, whose Labouchere Amendment (Clause 11) outlaws oral sex between men—but not women—is given royal assent by Queen Victoria. A popular legend claims that Victoria struck references to lesbianism from the Act because of her refusal to believe that women "did such things"; in reality ...
In the era of lesbian chic, the TV show “Sex and the City” captivated audiences with stories of romantic escapades and iconic styling — including fashion influenced by queer styling.
What social media has not been flooded with, however, is outcry about the show’s use of a variety of age-old gay tropes — from the evil queen and the sad/psycho lesbian to the “bury your ...