Lesbian Magazines: Paving the Way

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The Ladder (1956-1972) and The Lesbian Tide (1971-1980) paved the way for lesbian publications and, arguably, lesbian liberation of the 1960s and 1970s. Lesbian bars were constantly under threat of police raids and harassment, so Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian civil and political rights organization led by lesbian rights activists Phyllis Lyon and Del …
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