Diana Rivers’s sculpture called Goddess Rising is the centerpiece of her home altar. Courtesy of Diana Rivers

Diana Rivers goes from atheist to pagan while serving cakes for the Queen of Heaven.

Diana Rivers in the home she built at OLHA

Divorced and alone in 1972, Diana Rivers paddled her way from New York to Arkansas with an unbridled fever that turned the local landscape upside down.

Since 1991, Lesbian Natural Resources (LNR) has supported North American women’s land communities in many ways. Lesbiannaturalresources.org

Check out these interviews with women who started or participated in lesbian-feminist land groups, safe places to develop new lesbian culture in the South.