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Investigates the rise and fall of US American lesbian cultural institutions since the 1970s. LGBT Americans now enjoy the right to marrybut what will we remember about the vibrant cultural spaces that lesbian activists created in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s? Most are vanishing from the calendarand from recent memory. The Disappearing L explores the rise and fall of the hugely popular women-only concerts, festivals, bookstores, and support spaces built by and for lesbians in the era of woman-identified activism. Through the stories unfolding in these chapters, anyone unfamiliar with the Michigan festival, Olivia Records, or the womens bookstores once dotting the urban landscape will gain a better understanding of the era in which artists and activists first dared to celebrate lesbian lives. This book offers the backstory to the culture we are losing to mainstreaming and assimilation. Through interviews with older activists, it also responds to recent attacks on lesbian feminists who are being made to feel that theyve hit their cultural expiration date. The Disappearing L is both an insider story and a well-written analysis of a neglected piece of cultural history. Morris delivers convin

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Author

Bonnie J. Morris

Publisher

SUNY Press : State University of New York Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781438461786

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science

Rating

4.43 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14