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- Title
BAR DYKES AND LESBIAN FEMINISTS: LESBIAN ENCOUNTERS IN 1970S AUSTRALIAN FEMINISM.
- Authors
Robinson, Sophie
- Abstract
The emergence of Women's Liberation and Gay Liberation groups across Australian cities enabled the exploration of a lesbian identity that was public and political. Women already aware of their lesbian identities were galvanised by a collective call to be 'out', proud and defiant against patriarchy and capitalism. Others were so moved and inspired by the ideas of liberation that they became lesbians, sometimes leaving their husbands or male partners to embark on relationships with women and to devote themselves to the women's movement. Already existing lesbian communities and subcultures that revolved around bars and nightclubs were considered among lesbian feminists as closeted by comparison and in need of liberation. This article will explore some of the nuances of these communities, how they differed, and how they encountered each other. Finally, this article uses embodiment as a central theme for exploring how lesbian identity politics developed in Australia during the 1970s and beyond, highlighting the multiple and various lesbian bodies thriving and emerging in late twentieth-century Australia.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; LESBIANISM -- History; LESBIAN history; SOCIAL conditions of women; SOCIAL conditions in Australia; FEMINISM; 20TH century feminists; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Lilith (08138990), 2016, Issue 22, p52
- ISSN
0813-8990
- Publication type
Article