Lesbian-Owned Enterprises – Page 4 – Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Mary Anne Adams, Champion for Change

Mary Anne Adams, Champion for Change

Mary Anne Adams

A dedicated woman’s journey, making her way from the segregated south, through the civil rights movement, into today’s complex lesbian feminist environment.

Posted on July 10, 2023 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with aging, Angela Denise Davis, Audre Lorde, Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund, Black Lesbians, Black nationalists, Black Student Union, blind, Community Engagement Core, Eddie Sandifer, feminist, First Existentialist Congregation, Frederica Sands, Gay Community News, intersectionality, LGBTQ, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging, old lesbians organizing for change, OLOC, racism, Rev Lanier Clance, Rev. Wayne Johnson, Sister Harriet, Southern Rural Women’s Network, the Black House, Tougaloo College, Womonwrites, ZAMI, ZAMI NOBLA

Falcon River: An Amazing Appalachian

Falcon River: An Amazing Appalachian

Falcon River being nuzzled by her horse, Flame, in 2005

There’s nothing about me that’s masculine. Every aspect of me, at the cellular level, is female. I was born female; I live female. Butch women like me embody the full spectrum of womanhood.

Posted on May 15, 2023 Posted in Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Social and Political Groups, Spirituality and Religion Tagged with Amazon song, Appalachia, Falcon River, Goddess-based religion, Lesbian Feminist Union, Maxine Feldman, Mother’s Brew, Olivia Records, RCG, Re-Formed Congregation of the Goddess, Ruth Barrett, the Guardian Path, West Virginia, Wicca, women’s spirituality, Z Budapest

The Gazette: Changing Lives One Issue at a Time

The Gazette: Changing Lives One Issue at a Time

Rand Hall in 1998

“Without communication there is no community.” – Rand Hall

Posted on December 26, 2022 Posted in Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers Tagged with abuse of women, Bible Belt, gay and lesbian chamber of commerce, lesbian organizing, Marietta Georgia, Nancy Valmus, newsletters, newspapers, Rand Hall, Tampa Florida, the Gazette

Gerry Green of Amelia’s Bookstore

Gerry Green of Amelia’s Bookstore

Gerry Green by Deborah W-B

Gerry Green cofounded a feminist counseling service and established Amelia’s, a feminist bookstore, both in Gainesville, Florida, in the 1970s.

Posted on July 23, 2022 Posted in Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with Abby Walters, Air Force, Amelia’s Bookstore, Ann Gill, associate degree in nursing (ADN), basketball, Baylor University School of Nursing in Dallas Texas, Bobby Dykes, Bonnie Coates, Breakthrough Counseling Center, Breakthrough Counseling Center in Gainesville Florida, brogans, Carol Aubin, Carol Bradshaw, Cary Godwin, CETA, consciousness raising groups, Dallas College of Nursing in Texas, Diane Cuppy, ERA parade, Feminism is Therapy, Florence Rush, Fort Pierce Florida, Fort Worth Texas, Gainesville Women’s Health Center in Florida, Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce Florida, Jan Hahn, John Peter Smith Hospital School of Nursing Fort Worth Texas, Judith Brown, Judy Koons, Lackland Air Force Base, Lavender Menace, Lea Delaria, Linda Bassham, Marcia West, Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), nursing, Okeechobee Florida, OWL (Older Wiser Lesbians), Pam Smith, Pauline Bart, Reitz Union at the University of Florida, relationship therapy, Rosalie Miller, Sallie Harrison, Santa Fe Nursing School in Gainsville Florida, softball, Southeastern Women’s Health Conference in Gainesville Florida, SPARC (Sexual and Physical Abuse Resource Center), Student Nurse of the Year in Texas, Suede, Susan Keel, Take Back the Night, Tallahassee Florida, Texas State College for Women, the Pagoda, the Peace Walk, University of Florida, University of Texas at Austin, volleyball, Wild Iris Books, Wine Down, WomaNews newsletter, Womanstore feminist bookstore, Women Unlimited, Women’s Center, Women’s Health Center, working-class sports