Gloria Brame, Ph.D.

Look Back at the Ladder: Historic Lesbian Magazine

Filed By Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | May 03, 2011 4:30 PM | comments

Filed in: Gay Icons and History
Tags: Daughters of Bilitis, lesbian history, lesbian magazine, LGBT activism, LGBT civil rights, LGBT heroes, The Ladder

Pretty happy to stumble across this 1957 cover of The Ladder, the first national lesbian publication in the U.S., which served as a voice for the country's first lesbian organization, The Daughters of Bilitis.

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Fascinating, Gloria, and many thanks for finding it

Very poignant artwork.