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.
Era | Name | Start date | End date | Location | Publishers | Frequency | Notes | Identifier | References | |
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1940s–1960s (Before Stonewall riots) | Vice Versa [a] | 1947 | 1948 | Los Angeles, California | Lisa Ben | Monthly | First documented lesbian periodical in the United States. | OCLC 1624255 | [1] [2] | |
The Ladder | 1956 | 1972 | San Francisco, California | Daughters of Bilitis | Monthly/bimonth | First widely distributed lesbian periodical in the United States. | ISSN 0023-7108 | [2] | ||
Daughters of Bilitis–Philadelphia Newsletter | 1967 | 1968 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Philadelphia chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | [1] [3] | |||||
No More Fun and Games [b] | 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). | OCLC 2265148 | [4] [5] [6] | ||
Come Out! | 1969 | 1972 | New York City | Gay Liberation Front | Sporadic | One of the newspaper's purposes was to promote lesbian feminism | OCLC 14078148 | [7] [8] | ||
Maiden Voyage | 1969 | 1970 | Boston, Massachusetts | Boston chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | Continues as Focus: A Journal for Gay Women (1971–1983) | OCLC 42316511 | [9] [10] [11] | |||
1970s | Ain't I A Woman [b] | 1970 | 1974 | Iowa City, Iowa | AIAW Collective/Iowa City Women's Liberation Front Publications Collective | Twice a month | ISSN 0044-6939 OCLC 2221525 | [12] [13] | ||
off our backs [c] | 1970 | 2008 | Washington, D.C. | off our backs, inc. | ISSN 0030-0071 OCLC 1038241 | |||||
Sisters: By and For Lesbians [d] | 1970 | 1975 | San Francisco, California | San Francisco chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | Monthly | ISSN 0049-0644 | [2] [14] [15] [16] [17] [11] | |||
Amazon: A Midwest Journal for Women [b] | 1971 | 1984 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Amazon Collective | Monthly (1972–1976), bimonthly (1976–1984) | ISSN 2381-0718 | [18] [19] | |||
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). | OCLC 233599645 , 233599608 | [1] [20] [16] | |||
Killer Dyke | 1971 | 1972 | Chicago, Illinois | "Flippies" or the Feminist Lesbian Intergalactic Party | Once a year | Satire magazine | OCLC 25217267 , 1000821785 | [10] [21] | ||
Lavender Vision [b] | 1971 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | OCLC 2263450 | [11] | ||||||
LA DOB Newsletter | 1971 | 1972 | Los Angeles, California | Los Angeles chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | Continued as Lesbian Tide (1971–1980) | |||||
Lavender Woman [b] | 1971 | 1976 | Chicago, Illinois | OCLC 28896850 | [11] | |||||
Lesbian Tide [b] | 1971 | 1980 | Los Angeles, California | Jeanne Córdova | Continued as LA DOB Newsletter (1971–1972) | ISSN 0270-8167 | [11] [2] [14] [22] | |||
Mother | 1971 | Stanford, California | Mother Publications | Continues as Proud Woman (1972) | OCLC 2264422 | [11] | ||||
Purple Star: Journal of Radicalesbians | 1971 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Women's Liberation of Ann Arbor | OCLC 942695178 | ||||||
Reach Out | 1971 | 1972 | Detroit, Michigan | Detroit chapter of Daughters of Bilitis | OCLC 2266772 , 1000926490 | [10] | ||||
Scarlet Letter | 1971 | 1972 | Madison, Wisconsin | [10] [23] | ||||||
Siren: A Journal of Anarcho-Feminism | 1971 | Chicago, Illinois | [10] | |||||||
Spectre [b] | 1971 | 1972 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | OCLC 18917439 | [11] | |||||
Amazon Quarterly [b] | 1972 | 1975 | Oakland, California and West Somerville, Massachusetts | OCLC 2750571 | [1] [16] | |||||
ALFA Newsletter | 1973 | 1976 | Atlanta, Georgia | Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance | Continues as Atalanta (1977–1994) | [10] [14] | ||||
Better Homes and Dykes Newsletter of the Lesbian Alliance | 1972 | Iowa City, Iowa | [24] | |||||||
Echo of Sappho [b] | 1972 | 1973 | Brooklyn, New York | Sisters for Liberation | OCLC 2320647 | [1] [14] | ||||
Furies [b] | 1972 | 1973 | Washington, D.C. | The Furies Collective | ISSN 0046-5305 OCLC 2334944 | [1] [2] | ||||
Lesbians Fight Back | 1972 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | [1] [10] | |||||||
Maine Freewoman's Herald: A Mostly Lesbian Journal | 1972 | Portland, Maine | [18] | |||||||
National Lesbian Information Service News | 1972 | San Francisco, California | [11] | |||||||
Portcullis | 1972 | Los Angeles, California | [11] | |||||||
Purple Rage | 1972 | NYC | [11] | |||||||
Proud Woman | 1972 | Stanford, California | Mother Publications | Continues as Mother (1971) | OCLC 25185782 | [11] | ||||
Tres Femmes | 1972 | San Diego, California | [11] | |||||||
Coming Out Rage | 1973 | NYC | [1] | |||||||
Cowrie | 1973 | 1974 | NYC | Community of Women | [1] [14] | |||||
Cries from Cassandra | 1973 | Chicago, Illinois | The Amazon Nation | [14] | ||||||
Desperate Living | 1973 | 1977 | Baltimore, Maryland | [1] [25] | ||||||
Dykes and Gorgons [b] | 1973 | Berkeley, California | OCLC 55515875 | [1] [26] | ||||||
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) | [27] [28] | ||||
The Lesbian Feminist | 1973 | 1979 | NYC | [1] | ||||||
Moonstorm | 1973 | 1980 | St. Louis, Missouri | Lesbian Alliance of St. Louis, Missouri | [29] | |||||
Mother Jones Gazette | 1973 | 1974 | Knoxville, Tennessee | [11] | ||||||
One-to-One: A Lesbian/Feminist Journal of Communication | 1973 | NYC | [11] [10] | |||||||
Sapphire | 1973 | San Francisco, California | [11] | |||||||
So's Your Old Lady | 1973 | 1979 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | [11] | ||||||
The Udder Side | 1973 | NYC | [11] | |||||||
Albatross | 1974 | 1980 | East Orange, New Jersey | Albatross Collective | Varied subtitles but usually The Lesbian Feminist Satire Magazine | [30] | ||||
Lesbian Connection [c] | 1974 | Present | Michigan | Ambitious Amazons | Free to lesbians everywhere | ISSN 1081-3217 | [2] | |||
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) | [14] [31] [32] | ||||||
Lesbian Voices | 1974 | 1981 | San Jose, California | [11] | ||||||
Mom's Apple Pie: Newsletter of the Lesbian Mother's National Defense Fund | 1974 | 1985 | Seattle, Washington | Lesbian Mother's National Defense Fund | [25] [33] | |||||
Purple Cow | 1974 | 1976 | Columbus, Ohio | [25] [34] | ||||||
Quest: A Feminist Quarterly [b] | 1974 | 1985 | A radical feminist journal. | [35] [36] | ||||||
Satin for Gay Women | 1974 | San Jose, California | [11] | |||||||
Wicce | 1973 | 1975 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | [11] [37] | ||||||
WomanSpirit [b] | 1974 | 1984 | Wolf Creek, Oregon | Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove | The first lesbian-feminist periodical about spirituality. | [38] [39] [40] | ||||
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) | [14] [41] [32] | ||||||
Dyke: A Quarterly [b] | 1975 | 1978 | NYC | OCLC 21506187 | [1] | |||||
Goodbye to All That: A Lesbian Feminist Publication | 1975 | 1977 | Austin, Texas | Austin Lesbian Organization | Continues as LesBeFriends | [14] [18] | ||||
Lesbian-Feminist Union News | 1975 | 1978 | Louisville, Kentucky | [42] | ||||||
Lesbian Herstory Archives Newsletter | 1975 | Present | NYC | Lesbian Herstory Archives | ISSN 1064-0819 | [42] | ||||
The Lesbian Lipservice | 1975 | 1976 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | [11] | ||||||
Lesbian News | 1975 | Present | Los Angeles, California | Jinx Beers (until 1989) | monthly | ISSN 0739-1803 | [22] [43] [44] | |||
The Lesbian Newsletter | 1975 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | [11] | |||||||
New Women's Times [b] | 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) | [27] [32] | |||
Pointblank Times: A Lesbian-Feminist Paper | 1975 | Houston, Texas | [18] [25] | |||||||
We Got It | 1975 | 1976 | Madison, Wisconsin | [11] | ||||||
C A L F A Notes | 1976 | Cleveland Heights, Ohio | Cleveland Area Lesbian Feminist Alliance (CALFA) | [45] [46] | ||||||
Conditions [b] | 1976 | 1990 | Brooklyn, New York | Dedicated to publishing lesbians, specifically working class lesbians and lesbian of color. | [47] [14] [48] | |||||
Lesbiana Speaks | 1976 | 1977 | Miami, Florida | [49] | ||||||
Lesbian Milepost | 1976 | 1977 | Anchorage, Alaska | Continues as Klondyke Cuntree (1976), Klondyke Kontact (1977–1980) | [47] [31] | |||||
Out and About: Seattle Lesbian/Feminist Newsletter | 1976 | 1986 | Seattle, Washington | [11] [50] | ||||||
Rubyfruit Reader | 1976 | 1978 | Santa Cruz, California | [51] | ||||||
Salsa Soul Sisters/Third World Women's Gay-zette | 1976 | 1985 | NYC | Salsa Soul Sisters Third World Wimmin Inc. Collective | [25] | |||||
Sinister Wisdom [b] | 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. | ISSN 0196-1853 OCLC 3451636 | [10] [52] | |||
Wishing Well | 1976 | Santa Rosa, California | [10] | |||||||
Atalanta | 1977 | 1994 | Atlanta, Georgia | Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance | Continues as ALFA Newsletter (1973–1976) | [14] [25] | ||||
Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians | 1977 | 1983 | NYC | Salsa Soul Sisters Third World Wimmin Inc. Collective | [53] [47] | |||||
Changes | 1977 | Winter Park, Florida | Greater Orlando Lesbian/Feminists | [47] | ||||||
Klondyke Kontact: The Anchorage Lesbian Newsletter | 1977 | 1980 | Anchorage, Alaska | Bimonthly | Continued as Lesbian Milepost, Cunni Linguist, and Klondyke Cuntree. | [54] [47] | ||||
The Leaping Lesbian | 1977 | 1981 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Bimonthly | [1] | |||||
Lone Star Lesbians | 1977 | 1978 | Austin, Texas | [31] | ||||||
Matrices: A Lesbian/Feminist Research Newsletter | 1977 | 1996 | Three times a year, irregular | [55] | ||||||
Pearl Diver | 1977 | 1978 | Portland, Oregon | A black lesbian magazine | [56] [57] | |||||
Tribad: A Lesbian Separatist Newsjournal | 1977 | 1979 | NYC | [2] [58] [59] | ||||||
Two Dykes & Others: A Texas Lesbian Periodical | 1977 | [18] | ||||||||
Amazon Spirit | 1978 | Helena, Montana | Montana Amazons Unlimited | [47] | ||||||
Boulder Lesbian Network Newsletter | 1978 | Boulder, Colorado | Boulder Lesbian Network | [47] | ||||||
Feminary: A Feminist Journal for the South Emphasizing Lesbian Visions | 1978 | 1982 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | [47] [60] [1] | ||||||
Austindyke | 1979 | Austin, Texas | Monthly | [47] | ||||||
DONT: Dykes Opposed to Nuclear Technology Newsletter | 1979 | NYC | [47] | |||||||
Lesbians of Color Caucus Quarterly | 1979 | Seattle, Washington | [1] [50] | |||||||
1980s | Associated Lesbians of Puget Sound (ALPS) Newsletter | 1980s | 2000s | [50] | ||||||
Dyke Diannic Wicca: Newsletter for Biophilic Hags of Magick | 1980 | Berkeley, California | Artemis | [47] [61] | ||||||
Green Mountain Dyke News | 1980 | Bennington, Vermont | Green Mountain Dykes | [14] [62] [47] | ||||||
Lesbian Insider, Insighter, Inciter | 1980 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | [63] | |||||||
The Lunatic Fringe | 1980 | Chicago, Illinois | [14] | |||||||
Telewoman: A Woman's Newsletter | 1980 | 1983 | Pleasant Hill, California | [64] | ||||||
Womyn's Braille Press Newsletter | 1980 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Womyn's Braille Press Inc. | [14] | ||||||
Common Lives/Lesbian Lives [b] | 1981 | 1996 | Iowa City, Iowa | OCLC 8234014 | ||||||
Lesbian Community News | 1981 | 1987 | Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln Legion of Lesbians | irregular | [65] | ||||
Big Apple Dyke News (B.A.D. News) | 1981 | 1988 | NYC | [66] | ||||||
(The) Other Black Woman | 1981 | Jackson Heights, Queens, New York | Committee for the Visibility of the Other Black Woman: The Black Lesbian | [67] | ||||||
Black Lesbian Newsletter | 1982 | San Francisco, California | San Francisco Women's Center's Black Lesbian Newsletter | Continues as Onyx (1983–1984) | [14] [68] | |||||
The Celibate Woman: A Journal for Women Who Are Celibate or Considering this Liberating Way of Relating to Others | 1982 | 1988 | Washington, D.C. | [10] | ||||||
Dyke Separatist / Amazon Magick | 1982 | Berkeley, California | Amethyst/Artemis | [61] | ||||||
In the Life: the Newsletter of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Collection | 1982 | Present | Los Angeles, California | June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives | [63] [69] [70] | |||||
Maize: A Lesbian Country Magazine [e] | 1982 | Present | Minneapolis, Minnesota; Preston-Potter Hollow, New York; Serafina, New Mexico | [71] [14] [72] | ||||||
Woman's Journal-Advocate | 1982 | 1992 | Lincoln, Nebraska | The WJ-A collective | Monthly | [73] | ||||
Lesbian Contradiction | 1983 | 1994 | ISSN 1064-4776 | [63] | ||||||
Onyx | 1983 | 1984 | San Francisco, California | San Francisco Women's Center's Black Lesbian Newsletter | Continued as Black Lesbian Newsletter (1982) | [68] | ||||
Woman to Woman | 1983 | 1985 | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Linda Parks | Free to lesbians and women in prison | [74] | ||||
Hot Wire: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture [f] | 1984 | 1994 | Toni Armstrong Jr. | [75] | ||||||
Lesbian Ethics | 1984 | Venice, California | Jeannette Silveira | ISSN 8755-5352 | [14] [22] | |||||
On Our Backs | 1984 | 2006 | Lesbian pornographic magazine as a play on off our backs | [76] | ||||||
Asian Lesbians of the East Coast Newsletter | 1984 | NYC | [62] [77] | |||||||
I Know You Know: Lesbian Views and News | 1984 | 1985? | Indianapolis, Indiana | [78] | ||||||
Lesbian Health Resource Center Newsletter | 1985 | Durham, North Carolina | Lesbian Health Resource Center (LHRC) | [31] | ||||||
Golden Threads | 1985 | 2016 | Demorest, Georgia | Network for older lesbians | [79] [80] | |||||
WAVELENGTH. A Lesbian Feminist Publication | 1985 | Seattle, Washington | Groundswell | [81] | ||||||
Hag Rag | 1986 | 1993 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Intergalactic Lesbian Feminist Press | OCLC 62882091 | [14] [62] [82] | ||||
Yoni: Lesbian Erotica Quarterly | 1986 | Oakland, California | [81] | |||||||
Visibilities | 1987 | 1991 | NYC | ISSN 0892-7375 | [81] [83] | |||||
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. | [14] | ||||||
The L-Word | 1988 | Present | Bayside, California | [63] | ||||||
Aché: A (Free) Publication for Black Lesbians | 1989 | 1993 | Albany and Berkeley, California | [14] | ||||||
1989 | Oakland, California | [84] | ||||||||
Hikané: The Capable Womon: Disabled Wimmin's Magazine for Lesbians and Our Wimmin Friends | 1989 | Hillsdale, New York | [14] | |||||||
Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC) newsletter | 1989 | 2003 | Tacoma, Washington | [50] | ||||||
1990s | Old Lesbians Organizing for Change Reporter | 1990 | Present | Houston, Texas; Athens, Ohio | [14] [85] | |||||
Girljock | 1990 | 1997 | Berkeley, California | Irregular | First lesbian sports periodical. [86] | [87] | ||||
Shamakami: Forum for South Asian Feminist Lesbians | 1990 | 1997 | San Francisco, California | [14] [88] | ||||||
Curve | 1991 | Present | Continues as Deneuve (1991–1995) | [89] | ||||||
Esto No Tiene Nombre: revista de lesbianas latinas | 1991 | 1994 | Miami, Florida | [90] [91] [92] [14] [93] | ||||||
Les Talk : the magazine for empowering lesbians / womyn | 1991 | 1995 | St. Louis, Missouri | Rose Publications | monthly | Continues as Kolours : celebrating diversity (1995 Dec - 1997) | [94] | |||
Wimmin Magazine | 1991 | [95] | ||||||||
Canswers: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Lesbian Community Cancer Project | 1992 | Chicago, Illinois | [46] | |||||||
Dykespeak | 1993 | [96] | ||||||||
Lesbian Review of Books: An International Quarterly Review of Books by, for, and about Lesbians | 1994 | 2002 | Altadena, California; Hilo, Hawaii | ISSN 1077-5684 | [31] [97] | |||||
Conmoción: An International Latina Lesbian Vision | 1995 | 1996 | Miami, Florida | [91] [92] [98] | ||||||
Journal of Lesbian Studies | 1997 | Present | Binghamton, New York | Haworth Press | [99] | |||||
Bint el Nas | 1998 | Present | San Francisco, California | Arab-world identified online magazine | [100] | |||||
Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism | 1998 | Present | Northampton, Massachusetts | Radical feminism with a lesbian focus. | [101] | |||||
She Magazine | Feb. 1999 | Nov. 2015 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Longest running magazine for LGBT women in Florida | [102] | |||||
2000s | Go Magazine | 2000 | Present | NYC | Free | [103] | ||||
Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly | 2000 | 2005 | Binghamton, New York | Continued as Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly (2006–2008) | [104] | |||||
Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly | 2006 | 2008 | Continued as Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly (2000–2005) | [105] | ||||||
Issues! The Magazine for Lesbians of Color | 2000 | [106] | ||||||||
Jota! | 2000 | Los Angeles, California | Chicana lesbian poetry review | [92] | ||||||
(el) telarañazo | 2000 | La telaraña | [98] [107] | |||||||
Velvetpark: Dyke Culture in Bloom | 2002 | Present | NYC | [108] | ||||||
Tagg Magazine | 2012 | Present | Washington, DC | Eboné Bell | Bi-Monthly | "Everything lesbian, queer, and under the rainbow." | [109] | |||
EveryQueer | 2012 | Present | NYC | Meg Ten Eyck | Daily | Emphasizing LGBTQ+ women, transgender and nonbinary people | [109] |
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 | [27] | |||
Island Lesbian Connection | Paia, Hawaii | [110] | |||
Lesbian Lifeline | Daytona Beach, Florida | ||||
Lesbian Visual Artists Newsletter | San Francisco, California | [14] | |||
Lesbians in Colorado | Denver, Colorado | [110] | |||
Lesburbia | Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania | ||||
Dinah: A Monthly Publication of the Lesbian Activist Bureau [47] | 1977 | ||||
COGS: Coalition of Gay Sisters Newsletter | Columbia, Maryland | Coalition of Gay Sisters [47] | |||
Amazon Farmers | 1977 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Ozark Wimmin on Land | ||
Moonstorm | St. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis Lesbian Alliance | [25] | ||
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 | [14] | ||
Women's Central News | 1999 | Arizona | [111] [112] | ||
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 |
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