Contributors | p. 9 |
Acknowledgments | p. 15 |
Foreword II or Tempus Fugit | p. 17 |
Introduction | p. 19 |
Relationships | p. 23 |
Therapy as Support for Relationships | p. 25 |
Surviving the Breakup of a Lesbian | p. 30 |
Love and Adoption | p. 33 |
First Love at Sweet Briar | p. 36 |
A Love Story | p. 41 |
Sharing Your Lesbian Identity with Your Children: A Case for Openness | p. 44 |
Turning the Beat Around: Lesbian Parenting 1986 | p. 49 |
Lesbian Parenting 1994 | p. 54 |
Lesbians in the Workplace | p. 59 |
An Interview with Ruth: A Lesbian on the Job | p. 64 |
Land in the Ozarks | p. 66 |
Sexuality | p. 69 |
Sexual Problems of Lesbians | p. 71 |
A Sexual Odyssey | p. 79 |
Lesbian Sexual Techniques | p. 82 |
Gender Jail | p. 85 |
Health | p. 91 |
Lesbian Health Issues | p. 93 |
Breast and Cervical Cancer Among Lesbians | p. 96 |
Getting Pregnant Through Donor Insemination | p. 99 |
Chemical Dependency: The Journey Home | p. 102 |
Recovering Alcoholics: Alice and Sally | p. 105 |
The Invisibility of Lesbians with AIDS | p. 108 |
New Age Lesbians: Women of Substance and Spirit | p. 111 |
Lesbian as Healer: Nancy Johnson | p. 115 |
Lesbian Activism | p. 119 |
Reminiscences of Two Female Homophiles: Part II | p. 121 |
Visibility as Power for Lesbians | p. 126 |
Karen Clark: Minnesota State Representative | p. 130 |
An Interview with Martina Navratilova | p. 136 |
Lesbians in the Media: Myth and Reality | p. 141 |
Bearing Witness in the Age of AIDS | p. 145 |
Education | p. 149 |
Over the Rainbow: The Struggle for Curricular Change | p. 151 |
Project 10: An Outreach to Lesbian and Gay Youth | p. 157 |
Lesbians in the Academic World | p. 160 |
The Lesbian Experience in Sport: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | p. 163 |
Religion and Spirituality | p. 169 |
Lesbian Women in Protestant Churches | p. 171 |
Catholic Lesbians | p. 174 |
Lesbians and the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches | p. 177 |
Lesbians and Judaism | p. 179 |
Wicca: A Spiritual Journey Cory Baca | p. 182 |
Native American Spirituality Beverly Little Thunder | p. 185 |
Lesbians and the Law | p. 189 |
Lesbians and the Law: Sex, Families, and Work | p. 191 |
Serving Proudly, but in Secret: Lesbians in the U.S. Armed Forces | p. 203 |
A Lesbian Military Story: Nathalie (Natt) Nevins | p. 206 |
A Conversation with Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer | p. 209 |
Strategy and Stamina: Passage of the Gay Rights Bill in New York City | p. 212 |
Legal Planning for Lesbian Couples | p. 216 |
The Spectrum of Lesbian Experience | p. 219 |
Blacks and Gays: Healing the Great Divide | p. 221 |
Latina Lesbians in Motion tatiana de la tierra | p. 225 |
Asian Pacific Lesbian, a.k.a. Dead Girl, China Doll, Dragon Lady, or the Invisible Man | p. 230 |
No Apologies: A Lakota Lesbian Perspective Barbara Cameron Nation Shield | p. 234 |
Jewish Lesbians: A Conversation with Irena Klepfisz | p. 237 |
Young Lesbians: Monique and Nicole | p. 242 |
Midlife as a Creative Time for Lesbians | p. 244 |
Aging Lesbians | p. 247 |
Lesbians with Disabilities | p. 249 |
Down on the Farm: Lesbians in Prison | p. 252 |
Lesbian Culture | p. 257 |
Lesbian Literature: A Continuation | p. 259 |
Lesbian History: Recovering Our Past | p. 263 |
Building Cultural Memories: The Work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives | p. 270 |
Lesbian Books: For Love and for Life | p. 272 |
Melissa Etheridge: Yes She Is | p. 276 |
Lesbian Outdoor Festivals | p. 279 |
Lesbians in the Arts | p. 283 |
Directory of National Lesbian Organizations | p. 291 |
Annotated Bibliography | p. 297 |
Index | p. 305 |
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