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Yer Girlfriend: Louisville’s Community Band

Yer Girlfriend: Louisville’s Community Band

Yer Girlfriend was a Louisville-based, lesbian band active from 1989 to 1996, with reunion concerts as recently as 2015. They recorded three albums: “We Won’t Be Silent!” (1989), “L-word Spoken Here” (1992), and “Not Afraid to Love” (1995), all published by Esther Records. In 2015, Rose Norman interviewed the two founders of the band, Carol Kraemer and Laura Shine. Four songs by Carol Kraemer are posted online at Sinister Wisdom (sinisterwisdom.org/YerGirlfriend), and Sinister Wisdom uses one of them, “The L-Word,” to begin and end Zoom readings from each new issue of this quarterly journal of lesbian arts and literature.

Posted on May 16, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Social and Political Groups Tagged with 2 Nice Girls, A Family of Friends (Tsunami Records), AIDS Walk, Angie Mattingly, Anima Rising, Ann Reed, Athena Productions, Bill Barnwell Trio, Brenda Dejong, Camille Rocha, Carla Wallace, Carol Kraemer, Carriage House, Cathy Lester, Cindy Campbell, CLD Club, Clothesline Project, Community Health Trust, Connie Poole, Connie’s Cabin, Cris Williamson, Daina Selter, Dare to Care, Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund, Debra Clem, Deidre McCalla, Dianne Davidson, Ellen James Society, Ellen Rosner, Esther Records, Fairness Campaign (Kentucky), Ferron, First Unitarian Church, Fonda Feingold, Full Moon Productions, Gantt Kushner, Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO), Gay Games Team Louisville, Girls in the Nose, GLUE, Gulf Coast Women’s Festival, Henley Barnette, Heritage Pridefest (NY), Holly Near, Homefront (public radio show), Hopscotch House, Hot Wire (magazine), International Women’s Day, James T. Sears, Jan Marra, Jan Riley Trio, Janet Frank, JD Doyle, Jean Russell, Joy Knopfmeier, Kathie D. Williams, Kathy Weisbach, Katy Wildsister, Ken Herndon Benefit, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Kittyhawk, L-Word Spoken Here (Esther Records), Ladyslipper Music, Laura Shine, Lawson Hunley, Lisa Cates, Liz Welsh, Londa Crenshaw, Louisville Courier Journal, Louisville KY, Louisville Music News, Louisville Sports Alliance, Lucie Blue Tremblay, Lyn Bick, Mammoth Women’s Music Festival, March for Justice (Louisville KY), Margie Adam, Marilyn Mote-Yale, Martha Barnette (Patty O. Veranda), Mary Blankemeier, Maxine Feldman, Meg Christian, Melissa Etheridge, Melody Hill (Louisville KY), Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Minerva, Mountain Moving Coffeehouse, music festivals, musicians, Nat Foster Trio, National Women’s Music Festival, Not Afraid to Love (Esther Records), Olivia Records, Patti Hagewood, Peace and Harmony, performances, performers, Phyllis Free, Queer Music Heritage, Reel World String Band, Rhythmfest, Rita Godfrey, River City Wimmin, Robin Mock, Sallie Bingham, Sensible Pumps, Sisterfire, Southern Indiana Women’s Music Festival, Southern Women’s Music & Comedy Festival (SWMCF), Studio 2002, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Take Back the Night, Tendre, Teresa Trull, Teri Rini & Friends, The Connection, The New Era, the Planet Bar, the Rudyard Kipling, Truly Dangerous Swamp Band, Uncle Pleasant’s, Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, Vicki Jones, We Won’t Be Silent (Esther Records), WFPK 91.9 FM (Louisville Public Radio), WFPL 89.3 FM (Louisville Public Radio), Woman Sounds (WEKU 88.9 FM), Womanwaves (WFPL 89.3 FM), Women in Paradise, women’s music, women’s music festivals, Women’s Week, Yer Girlfriend

Beth Marschak: Lesbian Activist for Civil Rights and Human Rights

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

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