April, 2022 - Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Jaye Vaughn, Founder of Cedar Chest, an Organization for Lesbians of African Descent

Jaye Vaughn, Founder of Cedar Chest, an Organization for Lesbians of African Descent

Jaye Vaughn started Cedar Chest, an organization for lesbians of African descent in 1994, and later a Center for Non-White Lesbians, both in Durham, NC.

Posted on April 26, 2022 Posted in Social and Political Groups Tagged with busing, Cedar Chest Club, Center for Non-White Lesbians, coming out, Durham NC, feminism, integration, interracial relationships, Jewelle Gomez, Mandy Carter, Marjorie Hill, Mayor Dinkins of New York City, New York City, Pamela Sneed, Sankofa, school integration, school sports, Umoja, University of NC Chapel Hill

Terrie L. Pendleton: Cofounder, Lesbian Women of Color

Terrie L. Pendleton: Cofounder, Lesbian Women of Color

Terrie Pendleton at the 2018 readings from Sinister Wisdom 109, Hot Spots. Courtesy of Beth Marschak.

Terrie Pendleton founded Lesbian Women of Color in Richmond, VA, in 1991 to provide “a sense of belonging, a safe place,” an alternative to isolation.

Posted on April 9, 2022 Posted in Social and Political Groups Tagged with Beth Marschack, busing, Dr. Judith Bradford, Equality Virginia, feminism, Gatekeepers, LWOC, military, Richmond Lesbian Feminists, Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youths, Richmond VA, school integration, sexual orientation, social work, Terrie Pendleton, University of Virginia, Urvashi Vaid

Red Dyke Theatre with Mickey Alberts and Frances Pici

Red Dyke Theatre with Mickey Alberts and Frances Pici

The Android Sisters, left to right: Murry Stevens, Frances Pici, and Mickey Alberts. Courtesy of Frances Pici.

Frances Pici, Mickey Alberts and three others started Red Dyke Theatre in Atlanta in 1974 with a New Year’s Eve show at their home, Tacky Towers.

Posted on April 8, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Social and Political Groups Tagged with ALFA, ALFA Omegas, Amy Darden, Amy Estelle, Atlanta GA, Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance, Bonnie Netherton, Buffalo Women's Studies College, C.C. (aka Carol Gallant), C.K, Charlotte Bunch, coming out, communal households, DAR II, Debra Gray, Dino Martin, Donna Price, Dyke, Dykes for the Second American Revolution, Fanny Fernow, feminist process, Frances Pici, Gail Reeder, Garbo’s, Harriett Green, Jaen Black, Jeanne Aland, lesbian feminist theatre, Lily Tomlin, Maoism, Marxism, Mickey Alberts, Moral Hazard, Murry (Mary) Stevens, music, Nancy Oswald, performance, Rebecca Ranson, Red Dyke Theatre, SAME – Southeastern Arts Media and Education, Sarah Holmes, Stars and Dykes Forever Theater, Sue Berry, Sweet Gum Head, Tacky Towers, The Great Southeastern Lesbian Conference, The Tower, theatre, University of Buffalo Women’s Studies College, Wilson Huff, Winona Holloway, women's radio shows, women’s movement

Blanche Jackson: Market Wimmin and Maat Dompim Womyn of Color Land Project

Blanche Jackson: Market Wimmin and Maat Dompim Womyn of Color Land Project

Blanche Jackson at Womonwrites: the Southeastern Lesbian Writers Conference in autumn 2011. Her T-shirt says, “Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society.” Photo by Lorraine Fontana, used with permission.

From a rooftop garden in New York City to Maat Dompim Womyn of Color Land Project in Virginia and beyond, Blanche has offered support and empowerment to women of color throughout the country.

Posted on April 6, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian Land Groups, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises Tagged with Amoja Three Rivers, class, Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intended, Heathcote, legal issues, Maat Dompim, Market Wimmin, medical issues, Michigan WMF, race, women of color

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