In 1989 an academic cohort named the Lesbian History Group wrote: Because of society's reluctance to admit that lesbians exist, a high degree of certainty is expected before historians or biographers are allowed to use the label.

Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-7425-1971-6

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America, Penguin Books.

Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement, Seal Press.

Living Out Loud: A History of Gay and Lesbian Activism in Australia, Allen & Unwin.

* ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol.

* Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month ( LGBT History Month ) ( in United States )

" Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II.

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America, Penguin Books.

Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement, Seal Press.

Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States: A Documentary History, Greenwood Press.

Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present.

In 2005, playwright / actor Jade Esteban Estrada portrayed Stein in the solo musical ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol.

* ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol.

* In 2011, composer Jade Esteban Estrada wrote the song " Beautiful " for the musical, ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol.

* The Suppression of Lesbian and Gay History

* Pat Califia: " A Personal View of the History of the Lesbian S / M Community and Movement in San Francisco ".

), Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America, Charles Scribner ’ s Sons, 2003.

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America.

Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement.

Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II 1 Who's Who: From Antiquity to the Mid-twentieth Century Vol 1.

In 2011, actor / playwright Jade Esteban Estrada portrayed Jordan in the solo musical comedy ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol.

* Bibliography of Gay and Lesbian History

In 2003, decided to move the Pride March from June to the December Human Rights Week to coincide with related human rights activities such as World AIDS Day ( December 1 ), Philippine National Lesbian Day ( December 8 ), and International Human Rights Day ( December 10 ).

Parades such as Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Manchester's Pride events attract significant investment and create tourist revenue, and cities are beginning to realize, firstly, that the acceptance of lesbian and gay culture is fast becoming a sign of urban " sophistication ", and secondly, that gay-oriented events, such as pride parades, the World Outgames and the Gay Games, are potentially lucrative events, attracting thousands of gay tourists and their dollars.

Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day.

Priest's 1979 essay " The Making of the Lesbian Horse " ( published as a Novacon chapbook ) takes a humorous look at the roots of his acclaimed novel Inverted World.

" Susie Sexpert's Lesbian Sex World and Susie Bright's Sexual Reality: A Virtual Sex World Reader ", San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press, 1990 and 1992.

Gay and Lesbian Literature Since World War II: History and Memory, " Inscribing a Lesbian Reader, Projecting a Lesbian Subject.

The " 14th International Gay & Lesbian World Travel Expo " in 2006 will visit six U. S. cities.

* The Secret World of Iran's Gay and Lesbian community

" in The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film.

* Robert ALDRICH & Garry WOTHERSPOON, Who ’ s Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, Routledge, London, 2002, ISBN 0-415-15983-0.

In 2011, actor / playwright Jade Esteban Estrada portrayed Perry in the solo musical comedy " ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol.

The World Outgames are sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association.

Montreal 2006 announced its intentions to continue organizing the games without the sanction of the FGG ; this plan developed into the first edition of the World Outgames, sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association, the city of Montreal, the Province of Quebec, the Government of Canada, GlaxoSmithKline, Air Canada, Labatt Brewing Company, Bell Canada, as well as dozens of other national and international business and media organisations.

Alcaeus " A probably authentic Lesbian coin has been preserved, bearing upon the obverse ... a profile head of Alcaeus, and upon the reverse ... a profile head of Pittacus.

Horace, who often wrote in imitation of Alcaeus, sketches in verse one of the Lesbian poet's favourite subjects-Lycus of the black hair and eyes ( C. 1. 32. 11-12: nigris oculis nigroque / crine decorum ).

The Roman poet Horace modelled his own lyrical compositions on those of Alcaeus, rendering the Lesbian poet's verse-forms, including ' Alcaic ' and ' Sapphic ' stanzas, into concise Latin-an achievement he celebrates in his third book of odes.

Gender-free contra dancing started in the 1970s, with the Boston Lesbian and Gay Folk Dance as perhaps the first group regularly contra dancing without gender roles.

* Carmilla is featured as the main antagonist in the 2009 movie Lesbian Vampire Killers, a comedy starring Paul McGann and James Corden.

The longest standing group for lesbian and gay Christians in the UK, founded in 1976, is the non-denominational Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement ; specifically aimed to meet the needs of lesbian and gay evangelicals, there is the Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians ; specifically working within the Church of England is Changing Attitude, which also takes an international focus in working for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender affirmation within the Anglican Communion.

" Frequently Asked Questions About Being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender and Catholic " Dignity USA.

" In 1988, in response to a campaign against lesbians at the Marine's Parris Island Depot, activists launched the Gay and Lesbian Military Freedom Project ( MFP ) to advocate for an end to the exclusion of gays and lesbians from the armed forces.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center – best known as simply " The Center " – has occupied the former Food & Maritime Trades High School at 208 West 13th Street since 1984.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movements share inter-related goals of social acceptance of sexual and gender minorities.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for what is generally called LGBT rights, also called gay rights and gay and lesbian rights.

There is no one organization that represents all LGBT people and their interests, although there are two organizations that are inclusive of many of the LGBT community issues: InterPride by coordinating and networking gay pride events worldwide, and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission ( IGLHRC ), which addresses human rights violations against LGBT and HIV-positive people and works with the United Nations.

Lesbian feminism, which was most influential from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, encouraged women to direct their energies toward other women rather than men, and advocated lesbianism as the logical result of feminism.

Many women of the Gay Liberation movement felt frustrated at the domination of the movement by men and formed separate organisations ; some who felt gender differences between men and women could not be resolved developed " lesbian separatism ", influenced by writings such as Jill Johnston's 1973 book Lesbian Nation.

* Sappho's countryman and contemporary, the lyric poet Alcaeus, paraphrased a section of Works and Days ( 582 – 88 ), recasting it in lyric meter and Lesbian dialect.

According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( ILGA ) seven countries still retain capital punishment for homosexual behavior: Afghanistan, Iran, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen.

Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing.

* Balka, Chistie and Rose Andy Twice Blessed: on Being Lesbian or Gay and Jewish Boston: Beacon Press, 1989.

Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females.

Lesbian as a concept, used to differentiate women with a shared sexual orientation, is a 20th-century construct.

Before the late 19th century, the word " Lesbian " referred to any derivative or aspect of Lesbos, including a type of wine.

In 1890, the term was used in a medical dictionary as an adjective to describe tribadism ( as " Lesbian love "): sexual gratification of two women by simulating intercourse.