Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers (40 page)

Country Women in the 1970s. Lesbian separatists who went off to the country wanted to escape the man-made world that drained their energies. (© JEB f Joan E. Biren], 1979. From
Eye to Eye
by JEB, 1979. Reprinted by permission.)

Third World lesbians of the 1970s did not always trust white lesbian-feminists to be sensitive to their special problems. (© JEB [Joan E. Biren], 1979. From
Eye to Eye
by JEB, 1979. Reprinted by permission.)

Older Latina lesbians of the 1980s. The visible lesbian community became increasingly diverse. (© Cathy Cade, 1982. From
A Lesbian Photo Album
by Cathy Cade, 1987. Reprinted by permission.)

In the 1980s the increasing number of visible Asian American lesbians permitted them for the first time to establish a separate group within some communities. (© Cathy Cade, 1981. From
A Lesbian Photo Album,
1987. Reprinted by permission.)

Betty Shoemaker and Sylvia Dobson at the first old lesbians convention in 1987. “To walk in and see 200 white-haired dykes, all ready to stand up and assert themselves, was mind-boggling.” (© Ruth Mountaingrove, 1987. Reprinted by permission.)

The 1980s saw a baby boom in the lesbian community. (© Cathy Cade, 1981. From
A Lesbian Photo Album
by Cathy Cade, 1987. Reprinted by permission.)

S/M lesbians believe that feminists have much to learn from sexual outlaws. (Courtesy of Jesse Merril.)

Lesbian sexual radicals of the 1980s wanted to escape from “politically correct” sex and expand lesbians’ sexual horizons. (Courtesy of National Entertainment Network; photograph by Jill Posner.)

Lesbian punk styles, 1980s. (© Isa Massu, 1987. Reprinted by permission.)

Lesbian style wars in the 1980s. (© Kris Kovic. Reprinted by permission.)

Lipstick lesbians of the 1980s at a lesbian wedding. (Courtesy of the June Mazer Lesbian Collection, Los Angeles.)

“Softball is the only consistent thing in this community. Political groups and social groups come and go, but softball will always be around,” Rhonda in Omaha. (Courtesy of JEB [Joan E. Biren]. Reprinted by permission.)