Lesbian feminism

Women Paper Peace Women I am a strong believer in feminism and lesbian rights. I chose to research five women from different places across the world who took a stand for lesbian rights. These ladies include: Zohl de Ishtar (Australia), Haya Shalom (Israel), Izabela Jaruga (Poland), Lo Sai “Rose” Wu (China, Hong Kong), and Chuen Juei Ho (China, Taiwan). The first peace woman I want to talk about is Zohl de Ishtar. Zohl is an “Australian lesbian who helps women in Australia on projects in communities

Molly Bolt is amoral and narcissistic. While she breaks the stereotypes of lesbians, she doesn't do much to draw favor to them, or to show them in a realistic, positive light. Rubyfruit Jungle may have been one of the first novels that featured a lesbian heroine, which might have drawn tons of press and criticism, but perhaps because it was still a negative image of homosexuality brought forth in a new light, it

The articles that stood out the most to me were Cheryl Clarke’s “Living As a Lesbian” and June Jordan’s “A New Politics of Sexuality”. These articles stood out, because while given a similar topic (lesbians) they both possessed very different, yet similar arguments. I found this interesting because it is a prime example of societies different views on controversial topics. Cheryl and June’s articles contain many differences, similarities and information to be reflected on. Cheryl’s main arguments

http://www.terry.uga.edu/~dawndba/4500compulsoryhet.htm Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence 
 Adrienne Rich   Adrienne Rich 's essay constitutes a powerful challenge to some of our least examined sexual assumptions. Rich turns all the familiar arguments on their heads: If the first erotic bond is to the mother, she asks, could not the "natural" sexual orientation of both men and women be toward women? Rich 's radical questioning has been a major intellectual force

relationship?” “Who tops or bottoms?” These questions have become a fundamental part in queer people’s lives. Why do non queer people need for queer people and their relationships to imitate heternormative heterosexual ones to understand them? Why are all lesbian women portrayed as butch, and all gay men as flamboyant? Do these ideas being reinforced over and over affect how queer people view their own sexuality? When our society is

for women to be raped in Namibia, and being lesbians give them a better sense of security. HIV is extremely prevent in Namibian society, and some of these women even report a fear of sleeping with men for this reason. Lorway arrived in Namibia in 2001, shortly after their president announced that all LGBT peoples would be thrown in prison. One women who was incarcerated was thankful for the consistent food and shelter. During rough times, these lesbians would become prostitutes as well, despite the

Harnessing the momentum from the civil rights movement, activism for lesbian parents ignited in the 1970s. Many hard fought custody and legal battles mark this period. During this time, the primary aim of the research was to augment legal arguments in establishing their suitability to parent by likening them with nuclear, heterosexual families (Patterson 2005). Most of the current literature on lesbian parenting continues to fall under this category. Focusing on psychological outcomes, this research

INTRODUCTION The proposed research work will be entitled “Homosexuality: Quest for a Utopian World”. The genre of the proposed work will deal in detail with the prevailing issue of homosexuality (both gay and lesbian) and try to justify their quest for a world where they can live without their integrity being questioned. The research will cover the history of homosexuality; how it has been seen through ages and the present scenario. Setting the background in comparative studies the proposed research

gain steam, shortly thereafter followed by the Gay Liberation Movement. And as an offshoot of these reform movements, we observe the dawn of lesbian identity politics – a movement very much its own amongst its predecessors. One sect would come to be coined the “lavender menace” of feminism – a group of mostly Caucasian lesbians – followed later by the black lesbian feminist group, The Combahee River Collective.

I believe that Sylvia Rivera is one of the three most important LGBTQ+ figures in America since 1970, because of her actions during her lifetime and the legacy that she left behind. In particular, her activism called out the conservative and exclusionary politics of LGBT rights groups in the 1970s, and the erasure of transgender women and drag queens from larger movements despite their significance to those groups. Much of Rivera’s activism focused on the inclusion and protection of transgender people