" Lesbian " began to describe elements of a subculture.

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.

The City College of San Francisco claims to be the " First Queer Studies Department in the U. S .," with English instructor Dan Allen having developed one of the first gay literature courses in the country in Fall 1972, and the college establishing what it calls " the first Gay and Lesbian Studies Department in the United States " in 1989.

A 1993 alumnus gift evolved into the faculty committee-administered Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies, which developed a listing of courses relevant to lesbian and gay studies called the " Pink Book " and established a small lending library named for Boswell.

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.

" 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 Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands, founded in June 2004 on the uninhabited Coral Sea Islands off the coast of Queensland, in response to the Australian government's refusal to recognize same-sex marriage.

Working with other established LGBT institutions such as the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force GLAAD, the Bisexual Resource Center as well as newer ones such as Bialogue, BiNet USA moved to co-ordinate a national response to this threat to the well-being of the bisexual community.

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.

Lesbian separatism advocates lesbianism as the logical result of feminism.

The practice of Lesbian separatism sometimes incorporates concepts related to queer nationalism and political lesbianism.

Referencing Sonia's foray into lesbianism in 2005, TV critic Grace Dent branded the character " the worst lesbian ever ", adding, " The only lesbians with less lesbian tendencies than you are the women on the front cover of the Horny Triple-X Lesbian Specials which they keep at eye level by the sweets in my corner shop.

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.

The use of " Lesbian " in medical literature became prominent ; by 1925, the word was recorded as a noun to mean the female equivalent of a sodomite.

The Lesbian or Aeolic school of poetry " reached in the songs of Sappho and Alcaeus that high point of brilliancy to which it never after-wards approached " and it was assumed by later Greek critics and during the early centuries of the Christian era that the two poets were in fact lovers, a theme which became a favourite subject in art ( as in the urn pictured above ).

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.

The written ode, as it was practiced by the Romans, returned to the lyrical form of the Lesbian lyricists.

The middle of the 1990s was marked by the inclusion of bisexuals as a represented group within the gay community when they successfully sought to be included on the platform of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation.

The plaintiffs were represented by Mary Bonauto, an attorney from Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, and two Vermont attorneys: Susan Murray and Beth Robinson.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) people frequently face violence motivated by their sexuality or gender identity.

This same performance also led to an “ Excellence in Media Award ” by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

'" In a 2006 study conducted by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, it was determined that nine of the 679 lead and supporting characters on scripted broadcast television were gay or lesbian, but Smithers was not included.

The day was founded in 1988, by Dr. Robert Eichberg, his partner William Gamble, and Jean O ' Leary to celebrate the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights one year earlier, in which 500, 000 people marched on Washington, DC, United States, for gay and lesbian equality.

* Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in Language, published by the Committee on Lesbian and Gay Concerns, American Psychological Association.

glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, edited by Claude J. Summers.

Lauper embarked on an Australian tour playing at the Kings Park Botanic Gardens in Perth, supported by Katie Noonan and Kate Miller-Heidke on February 22, 2008, and she was the headline and final act at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party, on March 2, 2008.

* Quentin Crisp's Book of Quotations, also published as The Gay and Lesbian Quotation Book: a literary companion, ( 1989 ) edited by Quentin Crisp, Hale, 185 pages ISBN 0-7090-5605-2.

Fair Day 2007 " Sea of Hearts " by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby

West Hollywood also seeks to address the health needs of residents who do not have adequate insurance by subsidizing the LA Free Clinic and The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center.

Believing the post to be " the first professorship of its kind in the country ," Harvard President Drew G. Faust called it “ an important milestone .” Funded by a $ 1. 5 million gift from the members and supporters of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus, the F. O. Matthiessen Visiting Professorship of Gender and Sexuality is named for a mid-20th century gay Harvard American studies scholar and literary critic who chaired the undergraduate program in history and literature.

She removed " A Lesbian Review " from the cover, placed there in 1964 by Gittings, to attract more women readers.

City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves: Lesbian and Gay Philadelphia, 1945-1972, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000 ; reprinted by Temple University Press, 2004.

" In Glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, edited by Claude J. Summers.

The satellite space was utilized by corporate parent MTV Networks to launch Gay & Lesbian centric network, Logo.

When Forster ’ s cousin, Philip Whichelo, donated a portrait of Forster to the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association ( GLHA ), Jim Herrick, the founder, quoted Forster's words: " The humanist has four leading characteristics-curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

* Washington D. C .' s Different Drummers ( DCDD ) and the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington ( LGCW ) commissioned Quilt Panels from composer Robert Maggio in 2001.

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

Committees include Asian Pacific American Student Coalition ( APASC ), Black Student Union ( BSU ), Election Board, Environmental Task Force ( ETF ), Filipino American Student Association ( FASA ), Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender & Allies ( GLBTA ), Housing Commission, International Students ' Council ( ISC ), Ku Ah Mah, KZUU Radio, Middle Eastern Students Association ( MESA ), Movimiento Estudianti Chicano de Aztian ( MEChA ), Student Legal Services ( SLS ), Veteran ’ s Affairs and Washington Student Lobby ( WSL ).

More recent years have seen the establishment of a counseling room for young gay men in 1976, the first AIDS candlelight vigil in 1986, the 1992 inauguration of Tokyo ’ s annual International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Japan ’ s first lesbian and gay pride parade in 1994, and the founding of its first gay community center, AKTA.

* McNally, Raymond T. " In Search of the Lesbian Vampire: Barbara von Cilli, Le Fanu ’ s “ Carmilla ” and the Dragon Order.

Other festivals, eventually including the Michigan Womyn ’ s Music Festival ( MWMF ), Campfest, NEWMR ( the Northeast Women ’ s Music Retreat ), the West Coast Music and Comedy Festival, and the East Coast Lesbian Festival ( ECLF ) committed to producing women-only events where female workers filled all roles from drumming to plumbing.

" GLAAD ( the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ) responded on its website: “ Martin ’ s tweets today advocating violence against gay people weren ’ t an accident — they are a part of a larger pattern for Martin.

As mayor, Agnos and his family became the first to ride in the Lesbian Gay Freedom Day Parade, appointed minorities, lesbians and gays to high city posts, and ended the city ’ s opposition to a court-ordered consent decree to hire and promote minorities and women in the fire department which a federal judge opined was “ out of control ” due to racism when Agnos took office.

Institutions may have specialized departments such as a Women ’ s Center, technology support as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Services.

The Princesse Edmond de Polignac, Erik Satie ’ s Socrate, and a Lesbian Aesthetic of Music ?” French Literature Series 34 ( 2007 ): 87-99.

* Cain, Paul D. Leading the Parade: Conversations with America ’ s Most Influential Lesbian and Gay Men.

She has won various awards for her work: a special award from the Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for AIDS reporting in 2008 ; an Enterprise reporting award from the National Association of Black Journalists for a piece on Skid Row in 2007 ; a North Star Award for covering communities of color in 2006 ; a distinguished honoree award from the Black Entertainment and Telecommunications Association in 2004 ; a MOBE IT Innovator Award and an Alternet New Media Hero award for PopandPolitics. com in 2001 ; New York Public Library ’ s Best Books for Teens for The Color of Our Future in 2000 ; a WIN Young Women of Achievement Award in 1996 ; a GLAAD Award from Spin Magazine in 1995 ; and a National Education Reporting Award and an EdPress award for education reporting done for " Newsweek " in 1994.

Lesbian and bisexual women ’ s interpretations of lesbian and ersatz lesbian pornography.

Her fiction and essays have been published throughout the United Kingdom and the United States, including in Semiotext ( e )’ s The New Fuck You: Adventures in Lesbian Reading and most recently, Dave Eggers ’ s The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008.

Zona Rosa ’ s annual pride parade is officially called the Marcha del Orgullo Lésbico, Gay, Bisexual, Transgénero, Travesti, Transsexual e Intersexual ( LGBTTTI ) ( March of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transvestite, Transsexual and Intersexual Pride ).

* 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.

* " Samois ", in Marc Stein, ed., Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America, ( New York: Charles Scribner ’ s Sons, 2003 ).

In July 2009 she was awarded the first Derek Oyston Award in recognition of her lifetime ’ s campaigning for LGBT rights at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association ( GALHA ) and the 40th anniversary of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality ( CHE ).