Social and Political Groups - Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Terrie L. Pendleton: Cofounder of Lesbian Women of Color (LWOC)

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

Terrie Pendleton cofounded 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

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

Southerners on New Ground (SONG): Then and Now

SONG cofounders, left to right, Mandy Carter, Suzanne Pharr, Joan Garner, Pat Hussain, Mab Segrest, and Pam McMichael. Few pictures of the whole group together exist, and this picture, taken in 2013 by Edie Daly, is no exception. Mab Segrest has been added (with her permission).

Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is an organization formed in 1992 to establish coalitions for social change. Interviews with all six founders are online.

Posted on March 17, 2022 Posted in Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with activism, Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry, Alliance Against Women’s Oppression, antiracism, Bayard Rustin Commemoration Project, coalitions, Creating Change, Diary of a Race Traitor, Fund for Southern Communities, Highlander Research & Education Center, Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, intersectionality, Joan Garner, Kentucky’s Fairness Campaign, LGBTQ, Mab Segrest, Mandy Carter, National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence (NCARRV), Pam McMichael, Pat Hussain, Poor People’s Campaign, Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ), social justice, spotlight, Suzanne Pharr, Transformation: Toward a People's Democracy, War Resisters League

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

Category: Social and Political Groups

Terrie L. Pendleton: Cofounder of Lesbian Women of Color (LWOC)

Red Dyke Theatre with Mickey Alberts and Frances Pici

Southerners on New Ground (SONG): Then and Now

Beth Marschak: Lesbian Activist for Civil Rights and Human Rights