Culture and the Arts – Page 6 – Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

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 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

Beth Marschak: Lesbian Activist for Civil Rights and Human Rights

Mary Dean Carter, Beth Marschak, and Terrie Pendleton, left to right, members of Richmond Lesbian Feminists.

My feminism began in college. I started a women’s lib group, organized the first Earth Day in Richmond, and got in jail for antiwar and civil rights actions.

Posted on March 16, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian Land Groups, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with American Civil Liberties Union ACLU, Barbara Weinstock, Bessida White, Beth Marschak, CampOut, coalition building, Diversity Richmond, Equality Virginia, Fare Share Food Co-op, Gay Awareness in Perspective, Girls Rolling in the South (GRITS), Harvey Fierstein, International Women’s Year, InTouch, Iridian Gallery, Jacqui Singleton, Janet Grubbs, JERA Productions, Labrys Books, Lesbian and Gay Rights Rally in Monroe Park, Lesbian Womyn of Color, Luise Farmer, National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO), National Women’s Political Caucus, Organization for Women’s Liberation at Westhampton, Our Own Community Press, Phoenix Rising bookstore, Pine Camp Arts & Community Center, Purple Lady Productions, Richmond Human Rights Coalition Human Rights Award, Richmond Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition, Richmond Lesbian-Feminists (RLF), Richmond Triangle Players, Richmond VA, Richmond Women’s Center, Richmond Women’s Festival, Richmond YWCA, RLF Flyer, Safe Sex Triology, Sharon Bottoms and April Wade custody case, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Third District Women’s Political Caucus, University of Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights (VCLGR), Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Gay Alliance, Virginia Lesbian Feminists, Virginia Women’s Political Caucus, Wanda Fears, Westhampton College of University of Richmond, Wild Western Women’s Weekend, women’s festivals, women’s liberation movement, women’s music festivals, WomensBooks, Woody Guthrie Community Center

Barbara “Bobbie” Reaux (Richmond Lesbian Feminists – RLF)

Barbara “Bobbie” Reaux gives us a fascinating glimpse of her courage and life struggles. She begins her story with her search for her natal mother.

Posted on March 16, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with “Two Street” Festival, 2nd St. Festival, adoptive mother, Alexander’s, Babe’s, Barbara Reaux, Beth Marschak, Black community, Black schools, Bobbie Reaux, Bon-Air, butch women, Esau, Fearless Fly, femme women, Flournoy, Friends Association for Children, gay and lesbian marches, Hippodrome Theater, Jackson Ward, John Marshall, Maggie L. Walker High School, Maresia Harris, MCC (Metropolitan Community Church), Methodist, Raoul’s, Richmond Lesbian Feminists, Richmond Room, Richmond Women of Color, RLF, SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders), scandals, segregated, Tarhammer’s department store, Terri Pendleton, Tidewater

Category: Culture and the Arts

Red Dyke Theatre with Mickey Alberts and Frances Pici

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

Beth Marschak: Lesbian Activist for Civil Rights and Human Rights

Barbara “Bobbie” Reaux (Richmond Lesbian Feminists – RLF)