1970s

Those Were the Lesbians

Marsha Ablowitz

It was the early 1970s in Kitsilano, hippies everywhere. The mantra was: “Sex, Drugs and Rock’n Roll.” One afternoon Anne ...

Standing Out and Standing Up as Lesbian Feminists

Ellen Woodsworth

There were few images of what a lesbian looked like before the 1970s, though people might have discovered a couple ...