Invisible lives : the truth about millions of women-loving women /

"Draws from more than 120 candid interviews with diverse women ... The result is a revealing look at what it is like to be a lesbian in America today"--Back cover.

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Main Author: Barrett, Martha Barron (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Perennial Library, 1990.
Edition:First Perennial Library edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Who are they?
  • 1. You're looking me in the face
  • 2. Living two lives
  • 3. Who cares what old maids do?
  • 4. Without marbles in my mouth
  • II. The secret
  • 5. My closet has a revolving door
  • 6. Beginnings: Liz, Spyke, Julie, Jackie
  • 7. Private or secret?
  • III. Out in the open
  • 8. A weekend in San Francisco
  • 9. Never in my wildest imagination
  • 10. How dare you!
  • IV. Youth
  • 11. Boys and girls are supposed to be together
  • 12. There aren't any gay or lesbian kids
  • 13. Respected and hated: choices on campus
  • 14. Jocks and dykes
  • V. Difficult lives
  • 15. Some safe place
  • 16. Coping with religion
  • VI. Different perspectives
  • 17. Magnolia trees in every yard
  • 18 Oklahoma
  • 19 New York City
  • VII. In the life
  • 20. Music, books, and the media
  • 91. Just for fun
  • VIII. Women together
  • 22. Sherry and Nancy, a couple
  • 23. Atlanta partners
  • 24. With three children
  • IX. Past forty-five
  • 25. Solitary woman
  • 26. Freedom with age
  • 27. We were out there
  • X. Sexuality
  • 28. Between two women
  • 29. Sex is worlds of things
  • XI Variations on a theme
  • 30. Labels fall short
  • 31. Being gay is minor
  • XII. Working for change
  • 32. Feminist lesbians
  • 33. A passion for justice
  • Xiii. The way it is
  • 34. Intensive care
  • 35. Somebody's lying.
  • Who are they?
  • The secret
  • Out in the open
  • Youth
  • Difficult lives
  • Different perspectives
  • In the life
  • Women together
  • Past forty-five
  • Sexuality
  • Variations on a theme
  • Working for change
  • The way it is.