Social and Political Groups – Page 5 – Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Mary Sims and the Miami Lesbian Task Force

Mary Sims describes the powerful activism of Miami’s Lesbian Task Force of the National Organization for Women (NOW) during the 1970s when focused on creating positive images of lesbians.

Posted on May 21, 2023 Posted in Social and Political Groups Tagged with Anita Bryant, Lesbian task Force of NOW, Louise Griffin, Mary Sims, Maryanne Powers, Mindy Dyke, National Organization for Women, Save Our Children campaign, Something Special

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

Dore Rotundo: Architect and Land Dyke

Dore Rotundo

Dore Rotundo, an original, broke barriers in architecture, created community, loved women, and always found ways to spread joy.

Posted on April 17, 2023 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian Land Groups, Social and Political Groups Tagged with architectural Design, Architecture, Building skills, Community, Corky Culver, discrimination, Dore Rotundo, feminism, Florida, Found Art, Gainesville Florida, gay marriage, John O’Connell Technical High School, lake swan, LEAP, Lesbian Land, Lesbians Empowered for Activism and Politics, life estate, Long Beach Washington, Marcella Benson, Martha Strozier, North Forty, Pagoda, Pat Paul, Rose Norman, San Francisco California, Santa Fe Community College, Sherry Emory, Speedville, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg Florida, University of Florida, Utica New York

Sandra Gail Lambert: Becoming A Writer

Sandra has been involved in many kinds of activism, including anti-racism through the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA); Lesbians for Empowerment, Action, and Politics (LEAP); and anti-nuclear protests and peace activism; and disability rights actions in South Carolina and Florida.

Posted on February 27, 2023 Posted in Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social and Political Groups Tagged with able-bodied, ALFA, anti-nuclear protest, anti-racism, Atlanta, Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance, Atlanta’s Lesbian-Feminist Community, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Augusta, Black Women’s Health Project, Boogie Women Committee, Carolyn Mobley, Changer and the Changed, Charis Books and More, civil disobedience, Common Lives Lesbian Lives, Common Lives/Lesbian Lives, Connie May Fowler, Cris Williamson, Dee Liston, Disability and Intimacy, disability rights, disability rights consciousness, disabled, domestic violence, Emory, feminist bookstore, Feminist Bookstore News, fiction, Florida, Gainesville, Georgia State University, I Know You Know, incest, Jill Marsh, Karate, Kay Hagan, LEAP, Lesbian Land, Lesbian Readers Potluck, Lesbians for Empowerment Action and Politics, Linda Bryant, literary citizenship, Liz Hill, Mariana, Medical College of Georgia, Meg Christian, memoir, Norway, Oslo, peace activism, peace walk, Physician Assistant, polio, post-polio syndrome, Pteradyktil, River Plant, Sandra Gail Lambert, Sandra Lambert, Santa Fe College, Savannah, self-defense courses for women, Sherry Emory, Sinister Wisdom, social inequalities, Southern Voice, Suzanne Carlton, Swainsboro, The River’s Memory, wheelchair, Womonwrites, worker-owner

Category: Social and Political Groups

Mary Sims and the Miami Lesbian Task Force

Falcon River: An Amazing Appalachian

Dore Rotundo: Architect and Land Dyke

Sandra Gail Lambert: Becoming A Writer