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List of lesbian periodicals

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List of lesbian periodicals

A list of notable lesbian magazines, periodicals, newsletters, and journals.

Contents

South Africa

  • Closet Magazine - c. 1998–?
  • Legacy - Lesbian Arts Magazine - Johannesburg, 1990
  • The Quarterly -
  • Sunday's Women - 1990s?
  • Umzabalazo - official newsletter of the Coalition of African Lesbians, a continent-wide organization of lesbians in Africa - Johannesburg, 2007–present
  • Womyn -  ?-2002
  • China

  • Ai Fu Hao Zi Zai Bao (abbrev. "Ai-Bao") - 1993–?, Taiwan
  • Isle Margin
  • Les+ - free zine Beijing
  • Lez's Meeting
  • Nu pengyou, 1994, Taiwan
  • Wo Men Zhi Jian Newsletter, 1991-? Taiwan
  • Indonesia

  • Chandra Kirana newsletter - 1993–?
  • Israel

  • Klaf Hazak - lesbian feminist quarterly from KLaF/CLAF (Kehila Lesbit Feministit/Community of Lesbian Feminists), c.1990–?
  • Japan

    1970 to 1980

  • Hikariguruma - 1978
  • Subarashii Onnatachi - Lesbian Feminist Magazine of Wakakusa no Kai - Tokyo, 1976
  • Za Daiku (ザ・ダイク)- 1978
  • 1980 to 1990

  • Eve & Eve (イブ&イブ) -
  • Regumi Tsūshin (れ組通信) - (also known as RST, Regumi Studio Tokyo) Tokyo, 1985–present
  • 1990 to present

  • Aniisu (アニース)- (1996–1997, 2001–2003)
  • Furiine (Phryné; フリーネ) 1995 (two issues total)
  • Kaamira (Carmilla; カーミラ) - (2002–2005)
  • Labrys (ラブリス) 1992
  • LOUD News - published by "Lesbians of Undeniable Drive"
  • Misuto - (ミスト/美粋) Josei ladies comics magazine - 1996–1999
  • Unknown Date

  • Lesbian News & Views (English language journal from Japan)
  • Korea

  • Kkiri-kkiri - newsletter of Kkiri-kkiri, Seoul, now the Lesbian Counseling Center
  • Lebanon

  • Bekhsoos - magazine of Meem
  • Palestine

  • Aswat Newsletter - Aswat Gay Palestinian Women - Haifa
  • Philippines

  • My Femme
  • Thailand

  • Anjareesan/Asian Lesbian Network Newsletter - Anjaree (organization), Bangkok, 1991–?
  • Other

  • A P L Network news - Asian Pacific Island Lesbian Network (APL) c/o ALOEC, New York, NY, 1988
  • Asian Lesbian Network Newsletter - published by the secretariat of the Asian Lesbian Network
  • Austria

    1970 to 1980

  • Lesben-Frauen-Nachrichten - Vienna, 1979–?
  • 1990 to present

  • Female Sequences - frauen lesben kulturHEFTig, Vienna, 1999–?
  • Frauenlesben rapidité - Vienna, c.1997
  • Lebenszeichen - Vienna, 2001–?
  • LILA Schriften - Zeitschrift für lesbische Existenz und Subsistenz 1995–2001, Vienna
  • Osterreichischer Lesbenrundbrief - Vienna, newsletter of HOSI-Lesben
  • Belgium

  • les Cahiers du G R I F - newsletter of Groupe de Recherche et d'Information Feministes (GRIF), Brussels, c.1975–78
  • Croatia

  • Just a Girl - Zagreb
  • Czech Republic

  • Alia - magazine of Klub Lambda
  • Promluv - magazine of Promluv group
  • Finland

  • ILIS Newsletter - International Lesbian Information Service, Helsinki, 1981–83
  • Pärrä - Helsinki, publication of Akanat Lesbian Group, 1982
  • Torajyvä - Helsinki, publication of Akanat Lesbian Group, 1983–1988
  • France

    1970 to 1980

  • Quand les Femmes s'aiment - 1978–1980
  • 1980 to 1990

  • Bulletin des Archives Lesbiennes (Archives et recherches lesbiennes) - Paris, 1990
  • Espaces : bulletin de liaison et d'informations entre lesbiennes radicales - 1982, Paris
  • Lesbia: Revue lesbienne d'expression, d'information, d'opinion - Paris, 1982–present
  • Vlasta: fictions/utopies amazoniennes, Paris, by the Collectif Mémoires/Utopies, 1983–1985
  • 1990 to present

  • LesBienNées - Nancy
  • La Dixieme Muse - France, c.2000–present
  • Unknown date

  • Espace Lesbien - newsletter of Bagdam Espace Lesbien, Toulouse and the Midi-Pyrénées region
  • Les Lesbianaires: revue de presse
  • Lesbrouffe: Voies d'Elles - Grenoble, newsletter of the Association des Lesbiennes de Grenoble
  • Penthésilée - Association des Femmes Homosexuelles Européennes (AFHE)
  • Germany

    1920 to 1970

  • Blätter idealer Frauenfreundschaft (1924–1927)
  • Die Freundin, closely affiliated with the League for Human Rights, 1924–1933
  • Frauen, Liebe und Leben (1938)
  • Frauenliebe (1926–1930)
  • Garçonne (1930–1932)
  • Ledige Frauen (1928–1929)
  • 1970 to 1980

  • Frauen Zeitung - Frauenzentrum - Hamburg - feminist and lesbian newsletter 1976–?
  • Lesbenpresse - Lesbenpressenkollektiv de LAZ - Berlin, 1975–1982
  • Protokolle - Münster, 1976–1979, Verlag Frauenpolitik
  • UKZ: Unsere kleine Zeitung - Berlin/Mannheim, 1975–?
  • 1980 to 1990

  • Infoblatt des Lesbenring - Köln, c.1984–1996?
  • LESBENINFO NETZ - Ulm, 1989–?
  • Die Lesbischschwule Presseschau - Berlin, 1982–?
  • Tarantel - Bielefeld, Tarantel Kollektiv, 1980–?
  • 1990 to present

  • Blattgold - West Berlin, c.1990s
  • EMMA - Germany
  • Frau Anders - Lesbenzeitschrift, Weimar, 1990–?
  • IHRSINN - radical feminist lesbian magazine, Bochum, 1990–present
  • Krampfader - lesbian magazine, Kassel, 1986–
  • L-Mag Lesbisches Magazin
  • Lesben in NRW - Düsseldorf, c.2005
  • Lesbenstich - Dortmund
  • Lescriba: Das lesbische Literaturmagazin - Sinzing, 2004–?
  • Lespress - Deutschsprachige Lesbenzeitschrift, 2005–present?
  • nur sie: Lesben/Frauen-Kulturmagazin für Nürnberg/Fürth/Erlangen - Nürnberg, 1999–?
  • Unknown year

  • Archiv zur Entdeckung und Bewahrung von Frauenliebe - Spinnboden, Berlin, Archiv zur Entdeckung und Bewahrung von Frauenliebe
  • Bulletin des Archives Lesbiennes
  • Greece

  • Labrys - Athens, 1980–?
  • Lettres Eoliennes: Revue Bimensuelle d'Art Lesbien - Athens, c.1980s
  • Hungary

  • Dyke Magazin - 2007
  • Labrisz Lesbian Newsletter - c.1990s, Labrisz Lesbian Association
  • Ireland

  • Gaelick - online lesbian periodical
  • LINC: Lesbians in Cork - Cork, c.2001
  • Italy

  • Bollettino cel C.L.I. - Rome, paper of Centro Feminista Separatista, c.1981–1991
  • Towanda : appunti, spunti e spuntini lesbici - Milan, 1994
  • Lithuania

  • SAPPHO - Vilnius - quarterly magazine of lesbian organization Sappho
  • Netherlands

    1970 to 1980

  • Amarant (1972–present)
  • Paarse September. Alternatieve Vrouwenkrant (1972-1974)
  • 1980 to 1990

  • Diva - mid-1980s, switched to Zij aan Zij in the mid-1990s
  • ILIS newsletter - International Lesbian Information Service, Amsterdam, 1980–81, 1987–1998
  • Lesbisch Archivaria - Lesbisch Archief Leeuwarden, 1982–?
  • Lust en gratie: lesbisch cultureel tijdschrift - Amsterdam, c.1983–1987
  • Nieuwsbrief - Lesbisch Archief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1983–1994
  • 1990 to 2000

  • Wild Side Magazine Amsterdam, Leiden
  • 1990 to present

  • Girls Like Us - Amsterdam, 2005–present
  • Zij aan Zij - Rijswijk, 1998–present
  • Poland

  • Sigma - Silesia, published one issue only, 1992
  • Violet Pulse - Gdańsk
  • Portugal

    1980 to 1990

  • Artemísia - feminist magazine supportive of lesbians, Porto, 1985
  • 1990 to present

  • Lesbiana - published by Grupo de mulheres da associação ILGA-Portugal, 1999
  • LILÁS - Lisbon, 1993
  • Organa - first lesbian magazine in Portugal; Lisbon, 1991–1993?
  • Zona Livre - 1997
  • Romania

  • ENOLA - 2006–?, published by Accept
  • Russia

  • Pinx- lesbian magazine (2006–present)
  • Serbia

  • labris: Lezbejske novine - Belgrade, 1994–?
  • Novosadska Lezbejska Organizacija Newsletter - Novi Sad
  • Slovenia

  • Lesbo - Ljubljana, c.1988 - Magazine of ŠKUC-LL Group
  • Spain

  • Caladona: Un espai de dones per a dones - Barcelona, lesbian magazine in Catalan language, 1993–present, Caladona
  • Laberint: revista de mujeros para mujeros - Barcelona, c.1992–1994
  • Mujeres y Punto - newsletter of CRECUL, Comité Reivindicativo Cultural de Lesbianas de Madrid, Madrid
  • Sales: Revista Lesbica - Barcelona, Revista Sales
  • Towanda! Revista Lesbica - Zaragoza, 2002–?
  • MagLes Magazine - Barcelona, 2012–present
  • Sweden

  • Lesbisk Feministiska - Stockholm, c.1984–1988
  • Lila perspektiv - Lesbiska feminister, Stockholm, c.1981–1984
  • Switzerland

    1970 to 1980

  • die - Lesbenzeitschrift aus der Schweiz, Zurich, 1975–2004
  • 1980–1990

  • ELLA: Das Lesbenforum - Basel, 1985–1993?
  • ILIS Bulletin - International Lesbian Information Service, Clit International, Geneva, 1984–86
  • 1990–present

  • Ellas ketchup - Wochenblatt für Lesben mit Veranstaltungen, News, Anzeigen und Inseraten Basel, 1993–?
  • Lesbenfront - Zurich
  • Skipper - Magazin für lesbische Lebensfreude, Zürich, 2004–?
  • Unknown year

  • CLIT 007 - lesbian feminist magazine
  • Turkey

  • "Öte-ki-ben (From Woman to Woman) - Ankara, Turkey / Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2001-?
  • United Kingdom

    Prior to 1970

  • Arena Three - London, Minorities Research Group, 1963–1972
  • Kenric Newsletter - c.1960s-present
  • Minorities Research Group Newsletter,
  • 1970 to 1980

  • Lesbians Come Together - London, c.1972
  • Medusa: Journal of the Bradford Lesbian Feminist Surrealist Group - c.1978–?
  • Move - Bristol, c 1970s-?
  • Sappho - London - newsletter of the Southwark Lesbian Network; for lesbians only, 1971–?
  • Sequel : a Feminist Magazine for Isolated Lesbians - London, c.1979
  • Zero: Anarcha-feminist Newsmagazine - London, 1978–?
  • 1980 to 1990

  • Bristol Radical Lesbian Feminist Magazine 1986–1990
  • Camden Lesbian Centre Newsletter/ Camden Black Lesbian Group Newsletter - London, 1987–1991, available in both print and cassette
  • Lesbian Information Service Newsletter - Leicester - 1987-1989, available in both print and cassette
  • Lesbian International - for lesbians only, 1989-1990, available in print and cassette, Leicester
  • Gemma - London; lesbians with and without disabilities, all ages; available in print or on cassette, c.1980
  • Gossip: a journal of lesbian feminist ethics - for lesbians only; Onlywomen Press, London, c.1986–?
  • Lesbian Archive and Information Centre Newsletter - Lesbian Archive and Information Centre (LAIC), London, c.1985–?
  • Quim Magazine, for dykes of all sexual persuasions - London, 1989–1995, plus one issue in 2000
  • Spinster: Feminist creative work with an emphasis on the work of Lesbians - London, 1982–?
  • After 1990

  • The Axe – Bradford lesbian newsletter, 1996–1997
  • B.I.D (Behaviour, Identity, Desire) - online monthly magazine (99p subscription), November 2011
  • crAve - bi-monthly magazine, 2008–present
  • Diva - London, 1994–present
  • G3 Magazine - free monthly national publication - London
  • Lesbian London - London, also released on cassette tape, 1992–1993
  • Velvet
  • Year unknown

  • Artemis: for women who love women - magazine of the Artemis Club, London
  • Lesbian Zone - Manchester
  • Lesbians in Education - London
  • Lesbians in Libraries - England
  • Older Lesbians Network Newsletter - London
  • Wales / Cymru

  • Cardiff Women’s Liberation Newsletter - Cardiff, "for wimmin only", c.1970s-1980s
  • Older Lesbian Network Newsletter
  • Women Come Together: Swansea Women's Liberation Newsletter Swansea, 1970s
  • WomenZone: Connecting lesbians across Wales Swansea, 1990s
  • Aotearoa/New Zealand

    1970 to 1980

  • Circle, later Lesbian Feminist Circle, Wellington, "for lesbians only", collectively produced 1973–1985
  • Spiral - literary and arts journal for women, founded in 1976 by Heather McPherson; the press also published Keri Hulme's Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People in 1984
  • Wellington Lesbian Network - newsletter; for lesbians only, Wellington, c.1979–1999
  • 1980 to 1990

  • Bitches, Witches, & Dykes - Auckland, 1980–1981
  • Glad Rag - Wellington, Paekakariki - for lesbians only, c.1983
  • Lesbians in Print (LIP) - for women only - Auckland, 1985–1991
  • Sapphic star - Auckland, c.1989–1991
  • Tamaki Makaurau lesbian newsletter Tamaki Makaurau - Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, c.1990–present
  • After 1990

  • The Laughing Medusa - lesbian literary magazine, edited by Kedy Kristal and Takoel Akuni; Aotearoa/New Zealand, c.1991–1993
  • Australia

    1970 to 1980

  • A. L. M. Newsletter - Australian Lesbian Movement, Melbourne, c.1971
  • Blatant Lesbianism - Sydney, c.1978–?
  • Patchwork newsletter - Brisbane, c.1978?
  • 1980 to 1990

  • Australian Lesbian Diary - Melbourne, c.1987
  • Sage: the separatist age - Australia, lesbian separatist periodical; title was formerly Seps Down Under; "A cauldron of lesbian separatist thought dreams and visions", c.1990–1992
  • S.E.P.S. Down Under (Newsletter of Separatists Eroding Patriarch Sincerely) - Waucope, c.1989
  • Wicked Women - Australia - 1988–1993
  • 1990 to 2000

  • Australian Asian Lesbian News - Sydney, c.1991
  • Banshee - Melbourne, c.1992
  • Dis-Ease - Sydney, c.1993
  • Elam - Newcastle, c.1998; newsletter of the Hunter Lesbian Group
  • Geelong Lesbian Group - Geelong, c.1999–?
  • Hell Bent (Wicked Women Publications) Redfern, Sydney, c.1991
  • Interlesbian - Melbourne, c.1994 - multi-cultural lesbian news
  • Journal of Australian Lesbian Feminist Studies - Haymarket, New South Wales, 1991–1995
  • Labrys - Melbourne, 1990–1992
  • Lesbian Network - Lesbian Network Collective, Rozelle, c.1990s
  • Lesbian on the Loose - now LOTL - Darlinghurst, 1990–present
  • Lesbiana - Fitzroy, c.1992
  • Lilac - Launceston, Tasmania, 1993–1996
  • olderdykes.org - Sydney, online magazine for lesbians over 40
  • Out Loud - women's cultural magazine focussing on lesbian and feminist content; Eltham, c.1992–?
  • ShOut Newsletter - Melbourne, c.1994
  • Suncoast Lesbian Information Press - Queensland, c.1995–?
  • Women Out West - Perth, 1999–present, WOW
  • 2000 to present

  • Cherrie - national
  • SASS Magazine Melbourne
  • velvet Tipt - Magazine for lesbians in Victoria and Tasmania - Melbourne, 2005–2006
  • Year unknown

  • The Bloody Rag - Lismore
  • Gamahucher press featuring erotic poetry
  • Grapevine - Western Australia
  • Lesbian News - National Magazine
  • Lesbian Territory - Northern Territory
  • Lesbian Times - North Adelaide
  • Outloud - Melbourne
  • Other

  • A P L Network news - Asian Pacific Island Lesbian Network (APL) c/o ALOEC, New York, NY, 1988
  • Argentina

  • Cuaderno de existensia Lesbiana - (CEL) Argentina start 1987
  • Fulanas - Argentina, 2000
  • Brazil

  • Chana com Chana - Grupo de Acao Lesbica-Feminista, Sao Paulo, c.1979–1987
  • Femme
  • Rede Outro Olhar
  • Chile

  • Amazonas - Chile
  • Baruyera – Chile, Colectiva Lésbica Mafalda
  • Hilando Destinos - by Colectiva Lésbica feminista Moiras, Chile
  • Lazos - Chile
  • Montedevenus: Mujeres que aman Mujeres - online magazine
  • Rompiendo el Silencio
  • Peru

  • otro lado de la luna
  • Canada

    1970 to 1980

  • Dyke - Montreal, Quebec, 1977
  • Grapevine: Newsletter of the Lesbian Mother's Defence Fund - Toronto, Ontario, c.1979–1883
  • Lesbian Canada Lesbienne - Atlantic Provinces Political Lesbians for Equality (APPLE), - Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1977/1978
  • Lesbian Feminists of Montreal Newsletter - Lesbian Feminists of Montreal, Montreal, QC, 1977
  • Lesbian Organization of Toronto (L.O.O.T.) Newsletter - Toronto, Ontario, 1977–1980
  • Lesbian Perspective - Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT), Toronto, ON, 1979–1980
  • Lesbians/lesbiennes - Toronto, Ontario, 1979–1981
  • Lesbomonde - Montreal, Quebec 1973–1974
  • London Lesbian Collective News - LCC, London, Ontario, 1977–1978
  • Long Time Coming - Montreal, Quebec, published by Montreal Gay Women (originally women's committee of Gay McGill University), 1973–1976
  • The Other Woman - Toronto, Ontario, feminist and lesbian newsmagazine, 1972–?
  • Pedestal: Lesbian-Feminist Newspaper - Vancouver, B.C., 1975, women's liberation paper, reorganized briefly in 1975 as a lesbian feminist paper
  • Sisters Lightship - Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1978
  • Three of Cups - Toronto, Ontario, 1976–1978
  • Wages Due Lesbians - Toronto, Ontario, c.1977–78
  • Waves: a Lesbian Feminist Newsletter - Victoria, BC, 1978–1979
  • 1980 to 1990

  • Amazones d'Hier, Lesbiennes d'Aujourd'hui - Montreal, Quebec, for lesbians only, 1982
  • Association of Women's Music and Culture - published by Womynly Way Productions, Toronto, c.1989
  • Ca s'attrape - Montreal, Quebec, 1982
  • Communique'Elles - 1980s
  • Diversity, the Lesbian Rag - Vancouver, B.C., 1988–1991, Diversity Collective
  • Flagrant - Vancouver, B.C., 1981–1984
  • Furie Lesbienne / Lesbian Fury - for lesbians only, Ottawa, Ontario, c.1985–1995
  • KINESIS: news about women that's not in the dailies - Vancouver Status of Women, Vancouver, British Columbia, a non-sectarian feminist voice covering some lesbian issues, c.1980s/1990s
  • Lavender Sheets - Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT), Toronto, ON, Canada, c.1980
  • Lavender Times - Project of the Calgary Womyn's Collective Calgary, Alberta, 1987–?
  • Lesbian Newsletter - Regina, SK, c.1985
  • LesbiaNews/LNews - Victoria, BC,1989–98
  • The Open Door: Rural Lesbian Newsletter - Burns Lake/Terrace, British Columbia/Nelson, B.C., 1983–1986
  • The Radical Reviewer - Lesbian Literary Collective magazine Vancouver, B.C. 1980–1983
  • Treize! Revue Lesbienne - Montreal, Quebec Canada, 1984–present
  • Web of Crones - Vancouver, BC 1986
  • Womonspace News: Our Voice in the Lesbian Community - Edmonton, Alberta, 1983–?
  • Zami Newsletter - Toronto, Ontario, c.1987–88
  • 1990 to 2000

  • Au-dela de l'invisibilite: le bulletin de la Collective Lesbienne - collective lesbienne, Ottawa, Ontario, c.1998
  • Chicklist: Proudly Peddling Chick Power, Pleasure and Polemic - Pink Triangle Press, Toronto, c.1997
  • Gazelle: le magazine des lesbiennes - Montreal, Quebec, 1992–?
  • Limbo: Lesbian Bi-Monthly Magazine - Limbo, London, Ontario, 1999
  • SamiYoni: a ioumal for lesbians of South Asian Descent - Toronto, 1993–1994
  • Sensible Shoes News: The Newsletter of Saskatchewan's Lesbian Communities - Regina, mid-1990s
  • Siren - "Irresistibly tempting, for lesbians"; Toronto, Ontario, 1995–2004
  • Voices for Lesbian Survival: By and For Lesbians - Voices Collective, Kenora, Ontario, c.1995
  • After 2000

  • No More Potlucks - Montreal, Quebec, ?-present (bilingual French/English online magazine)
  • QueeriesMag.com - Toronto, Ontario, 2010–present (online lifestyle magazine)
  • Year unknown

  • Lesbian Organization of Toronto Newsletter - Toronto, Ontario
  • Mexico

  • Amantes de la Luna - CIDHOM - Mexico City, 1994–?
  • Amazona - by Colectivo de Lesbianas del F H A R, (Frente Homosexual de Accion Revolucionaria) Mexico, c.1979 (Coordinadora Lesbica)
  • Del otro lado – magazine of Grupo de Madres Lesbianas 2, c.1996
  • HIMEN Fanzine - published by Colectiva HIMEN Mexico City
  • Les Voz, Mexico's lesbian feminist magazine- Mexico, 1994–present
  • USA

    Main article for this section: List of lesbian periodicals in the United States

    Before 1970

  • Maiden Voyage - Boston, MA, 1969–1971; the last surviving chapter of Daughters of Bilitis - the Boston chapter - was formed in 1969; the first issues of this chapter's newsletter were called Maiden Voyage; in 1971 the paper changed to Focus: A Journal for Gay Women
  • The Ladder - San Francisco, CA, 1956–1970
  • No More Fun and Games - Boston, Massachusetts - radical feminist periodical produced by Cell 16, 1968–1973
  • Vice Versa - Los Angeles, CA, 1947–1948, started by Lisa Ben
  • 1970 to 1975

  • Ain't I A Woman - AIAW Collective • Iowa City Women's Liberation Front. Publications Collective Iowa City, 1970–?
  • Albatross: the Lesbian Feminist Satire Magazine - East Orange, New Jersey, c.1974–1980
  • Amazon: a Midwest journal for women - Amazon Collective, Milwaukee, WI, 1971–?
  • Amazon Quarterly - West Somerville, MA., 1972–1975
  • Atalanta - newsletter of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Cowrie - Community of Women New York, NY, c.1973
  • Cries from Cassandra - Chicago, Illinois, The Amazon Nation, 1973–?
  • Dykes and Gorgons - Berkeley, CA, 1973–1976
  • Echo of Sappho - Brooklyn, NY, 1972–1973
  • Focus: A Journal for Lesbians - Boston and Cambridge, MA, 1971–1982
  • Furies - Washington, D.C. , newspaper of The Furies Collective, 1972–1973
  • Gay Revolution of Women Newsletter (G.R.O.W.) - Rochester, NY, 1973–1974, continued by Lesbian Resource Center Newsletter and Women in Sunlight (c.1974)
  • Killer Dyke - Lesbian Separatist satire magazine by the "Flippies" (Feminist Lesbian Intergalactic Party), Chicago, IL, 1971–1972; short-lived humor magazine published by a small group of gay men and lesbians
  • Lavender Visions - Cambridge, MA, 1971
  • Lavender Woman - Chicago, IL, 1971–1976
  • Lesbian Connection - Michigan, 1974–present
  • The Lesbian Feminist - New York, NY, 1973–1979
  • Lesbian News Torrance, CA, 1974–present, "34 Years As The Longest Running National Lesbian Publication in the World"
  • Lesbian Resource Center Newsletter - Rochester, NY, c.1974, continues Women in Sunlight
  • Lesbian Tide - Los Angeles, CA, 1971–1980, LA's first publicly circulated lesbian publication
  • Lesbian Voices - San Jose, CA, 1974–1981
  • Lesbians Fight Back - Philadelphia, PA, 1972
  • Maine Freewoman's Herald: a mostly lesbian journal, Portland, ME, 1972–?
  • Mom's Apple Pie: Newsletter of the Lesbian Mother's National Defence Fund - Seattle, WA, c.1974–?
  • Mother - Stanford, CA, 1971
  • Mother Jones Gazette - Knoxville, TN, 1973–1974
  • National Lesbian Information Service News - San Francisco, CA, 1972
  • off our backs: Feminist Newsjournal - Washington, D.C., feminist publication, includes lesbian perspectives, 1970–present
  • One to One: A Lesbian/Feminist Journal of Communication - New York, NY, 1973
  • Pointblank Times - a lesbian-feminist paper, Houston, TX, 1975–?
  • Portcullis - Los Angeles, CA, 1972
  • Proud Woman - Stanford, CA, 1972
  • Purple Rage - New York, NY, 1972
  • Purple Star: Journal of Radicalesbians - Ann Arbor, MI, 1971
  • Quest: a feminist quarterly - radical feminist journal 1974–1984
  • Rat, NYC, 1970, originally an underground newspaper, seized by feminists, subtitled Women's LibeRATion
  • Reach Out - Detroit, MI, 1971–?
  • Sapphire - San Francisco, CA, 1973
  • Satin for Gay Women - San Jose, CA, 1974
  • Scarlett Letter - Madison, WI 1971–?
  • Sinister Wisdom - a multicultural journal by and for Lesbians, Oakland, CA, 1972–present
  • Siren: A Journal of Anarcho-Feminism - Chicago, IL, 1971–?
  • Sisters: By and For lesbians (San Francisco Daughters of Bilitis) - San Francisco, CA, 1970–1975
  • So's Your Old Lady - Minneapolis, MN, 1973–1979
  • Spectre - Ann Arbor, MI, 1971–1972
  • Tres Femmes - San Diego, CA, 1972
  • The Udder Side - New York, NY, 1973
  • Wicce - Philadelphia, PA, 1973–1974
  • Women in Sunlight - Rochester, NY, c.1974
  • WomenSpirit – Golden, Oregon, 1974-1984
  • 1975 to 1980

  • Amazon Farmers - by "Ozark Wimmin on Land" Fayetteville, AR, c.1977
  • Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Newsletter - Atlanta, GA, 1977?-1994
  • Austin Dyke - lesbian separatist newsletter, Austin, TX, 1977–?
  • Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians, 1977–1983, published by the Salsa Soul Sisters Collective (now called African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change, New York City
  • Better Homes and Dykes - newsletter of the Lesbian Alliance, Iowa City, IA, c.1972–1982
  • Conditions: a Feminist Magazine of Writing by Women with an Emphasis on Writing by Lesbians - Brooklyn, New York, 1976–1990
  • Dinah: A Monthly Publication of the Lesbian Activist Bureau, 1977
  • Dyke: A Quarterly - New York, NY, 1975–1978
  • Feminary: A feminist journal for the South emphasizing lesbian visions - Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1978–1982
  • Goodbye to All That: a lesbian feminist publication - Austin Lesbian Organization- Austin, Texas ?-1977
  • Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics, 1977–1993
  • Klondyke Kontact: The Anchorage Lesbian Newsletter - Anchorage, Alaska, 1977–1980
  • Lesbian - Feminist Union News - Louisville, KY, 1975–1978
  • Lesbian Herstory Archives Newsletter - New York, NY, 1975–?
  • The Lesbian Lipservice - Ann Arbor, MI, 1975–1976
  • Lesbian Milepost - Anchorage, Alaska, c.1976
  • Lesbian News - Los Angeles, CA, 1975–present
  • The Lesbian Newsletter - Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1975
  • Lesbiana Speaks - Miami, Florida, 1976–1977
  • Lesbians of Color Caucus Quarterly - Seattle, Washington, 1979
  • The Leaping Lesbian - Ann Arbor, MI, 1977–1981
  • Lone Star Lesbians - Austin, Texas, 1977–1978
  • Matrices: A Lesbian Feminist Research Newsletter, 1977–1982
  • Out and About - Seattle, Washington, 1976–c.1986
  • Pearl Diver - Portland, OR, Black Lesbian Magazine, 1977–1978
  • Rubyfruit Reader - Santa Cruz, California, 1976–1978
  • Salsa Soul Sisters/Third World Women's Gay-zette, published by the Salsa Soul Sisters Collective (now called African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change, 1976–1985
  • Tribad : A Lesbian Separatist Newsjournal - New York, NY, 1977–1979
  • Two Dykes & Others, a Texas lesbian periodical - 1977
  • We Got It - Madison, Wisconsin, 1975–1976
  • Wishing Well - Santa Rosa, California, 1976–?
  • 1980 to 1985

  • Anamika - Asian-American focus, Brooklyn, c.1985–?
  • Associated Lesbians of Puget Sound (ALPS) Newsletter - c.1980s-c.2000s
  • Black Lesbian Newsletter - San Francisco, California, San Francisco Women's Center's Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982, in 1983 name was changed to ONYX
  • The Celibate Woman, A Journal for Women Who Are Celibate or Considering this Liberating Way of Relating to Others - Washington, D.C., 1982–1988
  • Common Lives/Lesbian Lives - Iowa City, Iowa, 1981–1996
  • Dyke Separatist / Amazon Magick - Amethyst / Artemis, Berkeley, CA, c.1982
  • Green Mountain Dyke News - Bennington, VT, Green Mountain Dykes, c.1980
  • Hot Wire: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture - 1984–1994, started by Toni Armstrong Jr.; back issues still available from Ladyslipper Records
  • Lesbian Ethics - Venice, California, 1984, begun by Jeannette Silveira
  • Lesbian Health Resource Center Newsletter - Lesbian Health Resource Center (LHRC), Durham, NC, c.1985
  • The Lunatic Fringe - Chicago, Illinois, 1980–?
  • Maize: a Lesbian Country Magazine - Minneapolis, Minnesota Preston Hollow, New York Serafina, New Mexico United States c.1982–present
  • On Our Backs - 1984–2006
  • ONYX - Berkeley, California, 1983, produced by an African American Lesbian Collective; originally called Black Lesbian Newsletter
  • The Other Black Woman - Committee for the Visibility of the Other Black Woman: the Black Lesbian; Jackson Heights, New York, 1981
  • Rites - Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1984–1992 (mixed lesbian and gay male magazine, but strong lesbian participation in some issues)
  • Telewoman: a Woman's Newsletter - Pleasant Hill, CA, c.1980–83
  • Woman to Woman - Lake Charles, Louisiana, Personal newsletter, edited by Linda Parks, issued free to lesbians and other women in prisons, 1983–1985
  • Womyn's Braille Press Newsletter Minneapolis, Minnesota, Womyn's Braille Press Inc., 1980–?
  • 1985 to 1990

  • A P L Network news - Asian Pacific Island Lesbian Network (APL) c/o ALOEC, New York, NY, 1988
  • Aché: A (Free) Publication for Black Lesbians - also subtitled: "The Bay Area's Journal for Black Lesbians", "A Journal for Black Lesbians" and "A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent" Albany/Berkeley, California, 1989–1993
  • Asian Lesbians of the East Coast Newsletter - New York, NY, c.1984
  • Cheek to cheek: the gay lesbian partner dancing newsletter Oakland, California, c.1989
  • Colores: Newsletter of Bay Area Lesbians of Color - San Francisco, c.1987–?
  • Curve - called Deneuve from 1991–1995, changed to Curve in 1995; 1991–present
  • Dykes, Disability and Stuff: Cause we always have stuff to share - geared to lesbians with disabilities. Available Formats: standard print, large print, audio cassette, Braille, Electronic. Madison, Wisconsin / Boston Massachusetts, 1988–?
  • Golden Threads - Network for older lesbians - Demorest, Georgia, 1985–present
  • Hag Rag - Intergalactic Lesbian Feminist Press, Milwaukee, WI, c.1989
  • Hikané: The Capable Womon - "Disabled Wimmin's Magazine for Lesbians and our Wimmin Friends", Hillsdale, New York, 1989–?
  • I know you know; lesbian views and news Indianapolis, Indiana, c.1984–1985?
  • The L-Word Newsletter - Bayside, California, 1988–present
  • Shamakami: Forum for South Asian feminist lesbians - San Francisco, California, 1990–?
  • Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC) newsletter - Tacoma, WA, c.1989–present
  • Visibilities - Print version: 1987–1991, On-Line version: 2000–?
  • WAVELENGTH. A lesbian feminist publication - newsletter of Groundswell, a lesbian feminist revolutionary political group, Seattle, 1985–?
  • Yoni: Lesbian Erotica Quarterly - Oakland, California, 1986–?
  • 1990 to 1995

  • Albuquerque Lesbian Rag: A Monthly Lesbian Information and Nonsense Source - Corrales, NM 1991–?
  • Canswers: the Quarterly Newsletter of the Lesbian Community Cancer Project - Chicago, c.1992
  • Dykespeak - 1993–?
  • Esto No Tiene Nombre: revista de lesbianas latinas - Miami, Florida 1991–1994. Newsletter of Las Salamandras de Ambiente, tatiana de la tierra
  • G.B.F. Magazine - "Gay Black Female", Hollywood, CA 1990–?
  • Girlfriends - United States, 1993–2006
  • Girljock - Berkeley, California, 1990–?
  • In the Life: the Newsletter of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Collection - Los Angeles, c.1990–present; newsletter of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive
  • Lesbian Review of Books: an International Quarterly Review of Books by, for, and about Lesbians - Altadena, California/Hilo, Hawaii, 1994–2002
  • MATRICES. Lesbian Feminist Resources and Research Network - Minneapolis, c.1992
  • Wimmin Magazine - 1991
  • 1995 to 2000

  • Bint el Nas - Arab-world identified online magazine, San Francisco, 1998–present
  • Conmoción: an international Latina lesbian vision - Revista y Red Revolucionaria de Lesbianas Latinas, Miami, Florida, 1995–1996
  • Journal of Lesbian Studies - Haworth Press, Binghamton, New York, 1997–present
  • Rain and Thunder - radical feminist journal of discussion and activism; feminist and lesbian; Northampton, Massachusetts, 1998–present
  • She Magazine - the longest-running magazine for LBT women in South Florida; distributed monthly in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties; also reaches women nationwide through subscriptions; also online; Florida, 1999–present
  • 2000 to present

  • AfterEllen - news, reviews and commentary on lesbian and bisexual women in entertainment and the media; online magazine; 2002–present
  • Gamahucher Press - featuring erotic poetry
  • Autostraddle - news, entertainment and "girl-on-girl culture"; online magazine; New York, NY, 2009–present
  • CherryGRRL - lesbian entertainment, news, and culture; online magazine; 2008–present
  • GO Magazine - New York City - free; national distribution
  • Harrington lesbian fiction quarterly - Binghamton, NY, c.2000–?
  • Issues! The Magazine for Lesbians of Color - 2000–?
  • Jota! - Chicana lesbian poetry review, Los Angeles
  • el telarañazo - newsletter of La telaraña, the Latina lesbian writers’ web
  • Velvetpark: dyke culture in bloom - New York, NY, 2002–present
  • Year unknown

  • Amazonian - Pioneer Valley, MA
  • Big Apple Dyke News (B.A.D. News) - New York, NY
  • C A L F A Notes - Cleveland Area Lesbian Feminist Alliance (CALFA), Cleveland Heights, OH, c.1976
  • Carolina Lesbian News - Charlotte, NC
  • Desperate Living - Baltimore, MD
  • FYI - Southern California lesbian club scene
  • Gay Revolution of Women - Rochester, NY
  • Island Lesbian Connection - Paia, Hawaii
  • Lesbian Lifeline - Daytona Beach, Florida
  • Lesbian Visual Artists Newsletter San Francisco, California United States
  • Lesbians in Colorado - Denver
  • Lesburbia - Montgomeryville, PA
  • Moonstorm - St. Louis, MO, published by the St Louis Lesbian Alliance
  • Multi-Cultural Jewish Dyke Newsletter - Huntington, New York ?-1993?
  • Old Lesbians Organizing for Change Reporter - Houston, Texas / Athens, Ohio OLOC, ?-present
  • Pointblank Times - Houston, TX
  • Purple Cow - Columbus, Ohio
  • Threads- newsletter of Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, New York, NY
  • Women's Central News - Arizona
  • Women's Community Connection - Arizona
  • References

    List of lesbian periodicals Wikipedia


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