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Leona Florentino was born in Spanish-colonized Philippines, beginning her literary career which would kickstart feminism against the Spanish-imposed patriarchy in the region and the writing of the archipelago's foundational lesbian literature. [13] [14] [15]
Lesbian actress Charlotte Cushman, (left) as Romeo, with her sister Susan as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in 1846. Nineteenth century lesbians like Cushman presented themselves publicly as close friends with their romantic partners. Laws against lesbian sexual activity were suggested but usually not created or enforced in early American history
Lesbians, Levis and Lipstick: The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives (1st ed.). The Haworth Press. ISBN 0-7890-0661-8. Faderman, Lillian (1991). Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th-Century America (1st ed.). Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231074889. Greenberg, David F. (2008). The Construction of Homosexuality ...
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 ...
LGBTQ history dates back to the first recorded instances of same-sex love, diverse gender identities, and sexualities in ancient civilizations, involving the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer peoples and cultures around the world.
Lesbian writer Emma Donoghue found that the term lesbian (with its modern meaning) has been in use in the English language from at least the 18th century. The 1732 epic poem by William King, The Toast, uses "lesbian loves" and "tribadism" interchangeably: "she loved Women in the same Manner as Men love them; she was a Tribad". [19]
Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, also known as the Ladies of Llangollen, lived together in a Boston marriage.. The fact of relatively formalized romantic friendships or life partnerships between women predates the term Boston marriage and there is a long record of it in England and other European countries. [2]
The use of lesbian in medical literature became prominent; by 1925, the word was recorded as a noun to mean the female equivalent of a sodomite. [13] [14] The development of medical knowledge was a significant factor in further connotations of the term lesbian.