Lesbian task Force of NOW - Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Mindy Dyke: Leaving New York and Finding the Miami Dykes

Mindy Dyke: Leaving New York and Finding the Miami Dykes

Mindy Dyke sought out the dykes when she moved from the Bronx to Miami when she was twenty-two, and did she ever find them!

Posted on May 22, 2023 Posted in Social and Political Groups Tagged with A Few Loving Women, Anita Bryant, Bagelgrams, Berkeley Women’s Music Collective, Blackie’s, Bronx, Carol Cotton, Charlotte Brewer, Cherry Grove, Connie L, Connie R., Deanna, Flash Silvermoon, Florida, Friday Night Womyn’s Group, Helise Dubnick, Jack Campbell, Judy Thayer, Lavender Jane Loves Women, Lele, Lesbian Art Show, Lesbian Bizarre, Lesbian Feminist Liberation, Lesbian Pride Week, Lesbian Switchboard, Lesbian task Force of NOW, Lilly Harris, Linda Shear, Lou Rivers, Louise Griffin, Lucy and Martha Wilde, Mary Sims, Maryanne Powers, Miami, Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Miller Lake, Morgana MacVicar, National Organization for Women, New York City, Pandora Lightmoon, Patti Jo West, Ramona, Sandy McFarlane, Save Our Children, Something Special, The Firehouse, the Lesbian Liberation Committee (LLC) of the Gay Activist Alliance (GAA), the Pagoda, Tops, Tropical Park, women’s music, Women’s Preservation Society, womyn’s music, x-ray technician, Zum Alten Fritz

Mary Sims and the Miami Lesbian Task Force

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

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