A timeline of notable lesbian magazines, periodicals, newsletters, and journals in the United States organized by the initial publication date and then title. For a global list, see the list of lesbian periodicals.
Name | Start date | End date | Location | Publishers | Frequency | Notes | Identifier | References | ||
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1940s–1960s (Before Stonewall riots) | Vice Versa | 1947 | 1948 | Los Angeles, California | Lisa Ben | Monthly | First documented lesbian periodical in the United States. | [1] | ||
The Ladder | 1956 | 1972 | San Francisco, California | Daughters of Bilitis | Monthly/bimonth | First widely distributed lesbian periodical in the United States. | ||||
Daughters of Bilitis–Philadelphia Newsletter | 1967 | 1968 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Philadelphia chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | [2] | |||||
No More Fun and Games | 1968 | 1973 | Somerville and Cambridge Massachusetts | Cell 16 and Female Liberation | Irregular | Considered by some scholars to be the first lesbian magazine to espouse separatist feminism. Untitled (1968) and titled The Female Slate (1970). | [3] [4] | |||
Come Out! | 1969 | 1972 | New York City | Gay Liberation Front | Sporadic | One of the newspaper's purposes was to promote lesbian feminism | [5] [6] | |||
Maiden Voyage | 1969 | 1970 | Boston, Massachusetts | Boston chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | Continues as Focus: A Journal for Gay Women (1971–1983) | [7] [8] | ||||
1970s | Ain't I A Woman | 1970 | 1974 | Iowa City, Iowa | AIAW Collective/Iowa City Women's Liberation Front Publications Collective | Twice a month | [9] [10] | |||
off our backs | 1970 | 2008 | Washington, D.C. | off our backs, inc. | ||||||
Sisters: By and For Lesbians | 1970 | 1975 | San Francisco, California | San Francisco chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | Monthly | [11] | ||||
Amazon: A Midwest Journal for Women | 1971 | 1984 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Amazon Collective | Monthly (1972–1976), bimonthly (1976–1984) | [12] | ||||
Focus | 1971 | 1983 | Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts | Boston chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | Continues as Maiden Voyage (1969–1971). Subtitled A Journal for Gay Women (1971–1977), A Journal for Lesbians (1977–1983). | |||||
Killer Dyke | 1971 | 1972 | Chicago, Illinois | "Flippies" or the Feminist Lesbian Intergalactic Party | Once a year | Satire magazine | ||||
Lavender Vision | 1971 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||||||||
LA DOB Newsletter | 1971 | 1972 | Los Angeles, California | Los Angeles chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | Continued as Lesbian Tide (1971–1980) | |||||
Lavender Woman | 1971 | 1976 | Chicago, Illinois | |||||||
Lesbian Tide | 1971 | 1980 | Los Angeles, California | Jeanne Córdova | Continued as LA DOB Newsletter (1971–1972) | [13] | ||||
Mother | 1971 | Stanford, California | Mother Publications | Continues as Proud Woman (1972) | ||||||
Purple Star: Journal of Radicalesbians | 1971 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Women's Liberation of Ann Arbor | |||||||
Reach Out | 1971 | 1972 | Detroit, Michigan | Detroit chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | ||||||
Scarlet Letter | 1971 | 1972 | Madison, Wisconsin | [14] | ||||||
Siren: A Journal of Anarcho-Feminism | 1971 | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
Spectre | 1971 | 1972 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |||||||
Amazon Quarterly | 1972 | 1975 | Oakland, California and West Somerville, Massachusetts | |||||||
ALFA Newsletter | 1973 | 1976 | Atlanta, Georgia | Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance | Continues as Atalanta (1977–1994) | |||||
Better Homes and Dykes Newsletter of the Lesbian Alliance | 1972 | Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||||
Echo of Sappho | 1972 | 1973 | Brooklyn, New York | Sisters for Liberation | ||||||
Furies | 1972 | 1973 | Washington, D.C. | The Furies Collective | ||||||
Lesbians Fight Back | 1972 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
Maine Freewoman's Herald: A Mostly Lesbian Journal | 1972 | Portland, Maine | ||||||||
National Lesbian Information Service News | 1972 | San Francisco, California | ||||||||
Portcullis | 1972 | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||
Purple Rage | 1972 | NYC | ||||||||
Proud Woman | 1972 | Stanford, California | Mother Publications | Continues as Mother (1971) | ||||||
Tres Femmes | 1972 | San Diego, California | ||||||||
Coming Out Rage | 1973 | NYC | ||||||||
Cowrie | 1973 | 1974 | NYC | Community of Women | ||||||
Cries from Cassandra | 1973 | Chicago, Illinois | The Amazon Nation | |||||||
Desperate Living | 1973 | 1977 | Baltimore, Maryland | [15] | ||||||
Dykes and Gorgons | 1973 | Berkeley, California | [16] | |||||||
Gay Revolution of Women Newsletter | 1973 | 1974 | Rochester, New York | Gay Revolution of Women (GROW) | Continues as Women in Sunlight (1974), New Women's Times (1974–1985), and Lesbian Resource Center Newsletter (1974) | [17] | ||||
The Lesbian Feminist | 1973 | 1979 | NYC | |||||||
Moonstorm | 1973 | 1980 | St. Louis, Missouri | Lesbian Alliance of St. Louis, Missouri | [18] | |||||
Mother Jones Gazette | 1973 | 1974 | Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||
One-to-One: A Lesbian/Feminist Journal of Communication | 1973 | NYC | ||||||||
Sapphire | 1973 | San Francisco, California | ||||||||
So's Your Old Lady | 1973 | 1979 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||||||
The Udder Side | 1973 | NYC | ||||||||
Albatross | 1974 | 1980 | East Orange, New Jersey | Albatross Collective | Varied subtitles but usually The Lesbian Feminist Satire Magazine | |||||
Lesbian Connection | 1974 | Present | Michigan | Ambitious Amazons | Free to lesbians everywhere | |||||
Lesbian Resource Center Newsletter | 1974 | Rochester, New York | Continues as Gay Revolution of Women Newsletter (1973), Women in Sunlight (1974), and New Women's Times (1974–1985) | |||||||
Lesbian Voices | 1974 | 1981 | San Jose, California | |||||||
Mom's Apple Pie: Newsletter of the Lesbian Mother's National Defense Fund | 1974 | 1985 | Seattle, Washington | Lesbian Mother's National Defense Fund | ||||||
Purple Cow | 1974 | 1976 | Columbus, Ohio | [19] | ||||||
Quest: A Feminist Quarterly | 1974 | 1985 | A radical feminist journal. | [20] | ||||||
Satin for Gay Women | 1974 | San Jose, California | ||||||||
Wicce | 1973 | 1975 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | [21] | ||||||
WomanSpirit | 1974 | 1984 | Wolf Creek, Oregon | Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove | The first lesbian-feminist periodical about spirituality. | [22] [23] | ||||
Women in Sunlight | 1974 | Rochester, New York | Continues as Gay Revolution of Women Newsletter (1973), New Women's Times (1974–1985), and Lesbian Resource Center Newsletter (1974) | |||||||
Dyke: A Quarterly | 1975 | 1978 | NYC | |||||||
Goodbye to All That: A Lesbian Feminist Publication | 1975 | 1977 | Austin, Texas | Austin Lesbian Organization | Continues as LesBeFriends | |||||
Lesbian-Feminist Union News | 1975 | 1978 | Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
Lesbian Herstory Archives Newsletter | 1975 | Present | NYC | Lesbian Herstory Archives | ||||||
The Lesbian Lipservice | 1975 | 1976 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |||||||
Lesbian News | 1975 | Present | Los Angeles, California | Jinx Beers (until 1989) | monthly | [24] [25] | ||||
The Lesbian Newsletter | 1975 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||||||||
New Women's Times | 1975 | 1985 | Rochester, New York | New Women's Times, Inc. | Monthly | Continues as Gay Revolution of Women Newsletter (1973), Women in Sunlight (1974), and Lesbian Resource Center Newsletter (1974) | ||||
Pointblank Times: A Lesbian-Feminist Paper | 1975 | Houston, Texas | ||||||||
We Got It | 1975 | 1976 | Madison, Wisconsin | |||||||
C A L F A Notes | 1976 | Cleveland Heights, Ohio | Cleveland Area Lesbian Feminist Alliance (CALFA) | [26] | ||||||
Conditions | 1976 | 1990 | Brooklyn, New York | Dedicated to publishing lesbians, specifically working class lesbians and lesbian of color. | ||||||
Lesbiana Speaks | 1976 | 1977 | Miami, Florida | |||||||
Lesbian Milepost | 1976 | 1977 | Anchorage, Alaska | Continues as Klondyke Cuntree (1976), Klondyke Kontact (1977–1980) | ||||||
Out and About: Seattle Lesbian/Feminist Newsletter | 1976 | 1986 | Seattle, Washington | [27] | ||||||
Rubyfruit Reader | 1976 | 1978 | Santa Cruz, California | |||||||
Salsa Soul Sisters/Third World Women's Gay-zette | 1976 | 1985 | NYC | Salsa Soul Sisters Third World Wimmin Inc. Collective | ||||||
Sinister Wisdom | 1976 | Present | Charlotte, North Carolina; Lincoln, Nebraska; Berkeley and Oakland, California | Catherine Nicholson and Harriet Ellenberger (Desmoines) | Longest surviving lesbian literary journal in the United States. | [28] | ||||
Wishing Well | 1976 | Santa Rosa, California | ||||||||
Atalanta | 1977 | 1994 | Atlanta, Georgia | Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance | Continues as ALFA Newsletter (1973–1976) | |||||
1977 | 1983 | NYC | Salsa Soul Sisters Third World Wimmin Inc. Collective | [29] | ||||||
Changes | 1977 | Winter Park, Florida | Greater Orlando Lesbian/Feminists | |||||||
Klondyke Kontact: The Anchorage Lesbian Newsletter | 1977 | 1980 | Anchorage, Alaska | Bimonthly | Continued as Lesbian Milepost, Cunni Linguist, and Klondyke Cuntree. | |||||
The Leaping Lesbian | 1977 | 1981 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Bimonthly | ||||||
Lone Star Lesbians | 1977 | 1978 | Austin, Texas | |||||||
Matrices: A Lesbian/Feminist ResearchNewsletter | 1977 | 1996 | Three times a year, irregular | [30] | ||||||
Pearl Diver | 1977 | 1978 | Portland, Oregon | A black lesbian magazine | ||||||
Tribad: A Lesbian Separatist Newsjournal | 1977 | 1979 | NYC | [31] | ||||||
Two Dykes & Others: A Texas Lesbian Periodical | 1977 | |||||||||
Amazon Spirit | 1978 | Helena, Montana | Montana Amazons Unlimited | |||||||
Boulder Lesbian Network Newsletter | 1978 | Boulder, Colorado | Boulder Lesbian Network | |||||||
Feminary: A Feminist Journal for the South Emphasizing Lesbian Visions | 1978 | 1982 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | [32] | ||||||
Austindyke | 1979 | Austin, Texas | Monthly | |||||||
DONT: Dykes Opposed to Nuclear Technology Newsletter | 1979 | NYC | ||||||||
Lesbians of Color Caucus Quarterly | 1979 | Seattle, Washington | ||||||||
1980s | Associated Lesbians of Puget Sound (ALPS) Newsletter | 1980s | 2000s | |||||||
Dyke Diannic Wicca: Newsletter for Biophilic Hags of Magick | 1980 | Berkeley, California | Artemis | |||||||
Green Mountain Dyke News | 1980 | Bennington, Vermont | Green Mountain Dykes | [33] | ||||||
Lesbian Insider, Insighter, Inciter | 1980 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | [34] | |||||||
The Lunatic Fringe | 1980 | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
Telewoman: A Woman's Newsletter | 1980 | 1983 | Pleasant Hill, California | |||||||
Womyn's Braille Press Newsletter | 1980 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Womyn's Braille Press Inc. | |||||||
Common Lives/Lesbian Lives | 1981 | 1996 | Iowa City, Iowa | |||||||
Lesbian Community News | 1981 | 1987 | Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln Legion of Lesbians | irregular | [35] | ||||
Big Apple Dyke News (B.A.D. News) | 1981 | 1988 | NYC | [36] | ||||||
(The) Other Black Woman | 1981 | Jackson Heights, Queens, New York | Committee for the Visibility of the Other Black Woman: The Black Lesbian | |||||||
Black Lesbian Newsletter | 1982 | San Francisco, California | San Francisco Women's Center's Black Lesbian Newsletter | Continues as Onyx (1983–1984) | [37] | |||||
The Celibate Woman: A Journal for Women Who Are Celibate or Considering this Liberating Way of Relating to Others | 1982 | 1988 | Washington, D.C. | |||||||
Dyke Separatist / Amazon Magick | 1982 | Berkeley, California | Amethyst/Artemis | |||||||
In the Life: the Newsletter of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Collection | 1982 | Present | Los Angeles, California | June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives | [38] [39] | |||||
Maize: A Lesbian Country Magazine | 1982 | Present | Minneapolis, Minnesota; Preston-Potter Hollow, New York; Serafina, New Mexico | |||||||
Woman's Journal-Advocate | 1982 | 1992 | Lincoln, Nebraska | The WJ-A collective | Monthly | [40] | ||||
Lesbian Contradiction | 1983 | 1994 | ||||||||
Onyx | 1983 | 1984 | San Francisco, California | San Francisco Women's Center's Black Lesbian Newsletter | Continued as Black Lesbian Newsletter (1982) | |||||
Woman to Woman | 1983 | 1985 | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Linda Parks | Free to lesbians and women in prison | |||||
Hot Wire: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture | 1984 | 1994 | Toni Armstrong Jr. | [41] | ||||||
Lesbian Ethics | 1984 | Venice, California | Jeannette Silveira | |||||||
On Our Backs | 1984 | 2006 | Lesbian pornographic magazine as a play on off our backs | [42] | ||||||
Asian Lesbians of the East Coast Newsletter | 1984 | NYC | [43] | |||||||
I Know You Know: Lesbian Views and News | 1984 | 1985? | Indianapolis, Indiana | |||||||
Lesbian Health Resource Center Newsletter | 1985 | Durham, North Carolina | Lesbian Health Resource Center (LHRC) | |||||||
Golden Threads | 1985 | 2016 | Demorest, Georgia | Network for older lesbians | [44] [45] | |||||
WAVELENGTH. A Lesbian Feminist Publication | 1985 | Seattle, Washington | Groundswell | [46] | ||||||
Hag Rag | 1986 | 1993 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Intergalactic Lesbian Feminist Press | [47] | |||||
Yoni: Lesbian Erotica Quarterly | 1986 | Oakland, California | ||||||||
Visibilities | 1987 | 1991 | NYC | [48] | ||||||
Dykes, Disability and Stuff: Cause We Always Have Stuff to Share | 1988 | Madison, Wisconsin; Boston, Massachusetts | For lesbians with disabilities, formats included large print, audio, braille, and electronic. | |||||||
The L-Word | 1988 | Present | Bayside, California | |||||||
Aché: A (Free) Publication for Black Lesbians | 1989 | 1993 | Albany and Berkeley, California | |||||||
1989 | Oakland, California | |||||||||
Hikané: The Capable Womon: Disabled Wimmin's Magazine for Lesbians and Our Wimmin Friends | 1989 | Hillsdale, New York | ||||||||
Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC) newsletter | 1989 | 2003 | Tacoma, Washington | |||||||
1990s | Old Lesbians Organizing for Change Reporter | 1990 | Present | Houston, Texas; Athens, Ohio | [49] | |||||
Girljock | 1990 | 1997 | Berkeley, California | Irregular | First lesbian sports periodical.[50] | [51] | ||||
Shamakami: Forum for South Asian Feminist Lesbians | 1990 | 1997 | San Francisco, California | [52] | ||||||
Curve | 1991 | Present | Continues as Deneuve (1991–1995) | [53] | ||||||
Esto No Tiene Nombre revista de lesbianas latinas | 1991 | 1994 | Miami, Florida | [54] [55] [56] [57] | ||||||
Les Talk : the magazine for empowering lesbians / womyn | 1991 | 1995 | St. Louis, Missouri | Rose Publications | monthly | Continues as Kolours : celebrating diversity (1995 Dec - 1997) | [58] | |||
Wimmin Magazine | 1991 | [59] | ||||||||
Canswers: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Lesbian Community Cancer Project | 1992 | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
Dykespeak | 1993 | |||||||||
Lesbian Review of Books: An International Quarterly Review of Books by, for, and about Lesbians | 1994 | 2002 | Altadena, California; Hilo, Hawaii | [60] | ||||||
Conmoción: An International Latina Lesbian Vision | 1995 | 1996 | Miami, Florida | [61] | ||||||
Journal of Lesbian Studies | 1997 | Present | Binghamton, New York | Haworth Press | [62] | |||||
Bint el Nas | 1998 | Present | San Francisco, California | Arab-world identified online magazine | [63] | |||||
Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism | 1998 | Present | Northampton, Massachusetts | Radical feminism with a lesbian focus. | [64] | |||||
She Magazine | Feb. 1999 | Nov. 2015 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Longest running magazine for LGBT women in Florida | [65] | |||||
2000s | Go Magazine | 2000 | Present | NYC | Free | [66] | ||||
Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly | 2000 | 2005 | Binghamton, New York | Continued as Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly (2006–2008) | [67] | |||||
Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly | 2006 | 2008 | Continued as Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly (2000–2005) | [68] | ||||||
Issues! The Magazine for Lesbians of Color | 2000 | [69] | ||||||||
Jota! | 2000 | Los Angeles, California | Chicana lesbian poetry review | |||||||
(el) telarañazo | 2000 | La telaraña | [70] | |||||||
Velvetpark: Dyke Culture in Bloom | 2002 | Present | NYC | [71] | ||||||
Tagg Magazine | 2012 | Present | Washington, DC | Eboné Bell | Bi-Monthly | "Everything lesbian, queer, and under the rainbow." | [72] | |||
EveryQueer | 2012 | Present | NYC | Meg Ten Eyck | Daily | Emphasizing LGBTQ+ women, transgender and nonbinary people | [73] |
Name | End date | Location | Publishers | Notes | References | |
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Amazonian | Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts | |||||
Threads Newsletter | NYC | Astrea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | ||||
Carolina Lesbian News | Charlotte, North Carolina | |||||
Island Lesbian Connection | Paia, Hawaii | [74] | ||||
Lesbian Lifeline | Daytona Beach, Florida | |||||
Lesbian Visual Artists Newsletter | San Francisco, California | |||||
Lesbians in Colorado | Denver, Colorado | |||||
Lesburbia | Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania | |||||
Dinah: A Monthly Publication of the Lesbian Activist Bureau | 1977 | |||||
COGS: Coalition of Gay Sisters Newsletter | Columbia, Maryland | Coalition of Gay Sisters | ||||
Amazon Farmers | 1977 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Ozark Wimmin on Land | |||
Moonstorm | St. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis Lesbian Alliance | ||||
Anamika | 1985 | Brooklyn, New York | Asian American focus | |||
De Colores: Newsletter of Bay Area Lesbians of Color | 1987 | San Francisco, California | ||||
A P L Network news | 1988 | NYC | Asian Pacific Island Lesbian Network (APL) | |||
Multi-Cultural Jewish Dyke Newsletter | 1993? | Huntington, New York | ||||
Women's Central News | 1999 | Arizona | [75] [76] | |||
G.B.F. Magazine | 1990 | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | ||||
Albuquerque Lesbian Rag: A Monthly Lesbian Information and Nonsense Source | 1991 | Corrales, New Mexico | ||||
Girlfriends | 1993 | 2006 |
v. 1, no. (Fall 1973) - no. 4 (Summer 1975), complete.]
. John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives - William Way LGBT Community Center. 4 January 2018.