The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements covers the history of this movement through a cross-referenced dictionary with entries on specific countries and regions, influential historical figures, laws that criminalized same-sex sexuality, various historical terms that have been used to refer to aspects of same-sex love, and contemporary events and legal decisions.

Table of Contents

• Editor's Foreword
• Reader's Note
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Chronology
• Introduction
• Overview
• Lesbian Liberation
• The Gay Liberation Movement
• Key Issues
• Conclusion
• A
• ABBOTT, BERENICE (1898–1991).
• ABBOTT, SIDNEY (1937–).
• ABORTION RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
• ABZUG, BELLA SAVITSKY (1920–1998).
• ACCEPT.
• ACCOMMODATIONISM/ACCOMMODATIONIST.
• ACHMAT, ABDURAZACK (ZACKIE) (1961–).
• ACHTENBERG, ROBERTA (1950–).
• ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME/HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (AIDS/HIV).
• ACT 25 OF HENRY VIII (1533).
• ACTIVISM.
• ACT-UP/AIDS COALITION TO UNLEASH POWER.
• ADDAMS, JANE (1860–1935).
• ADOPTION.
• ADVOCATE, THE.
• AFRICA.
• AFRICAN AMERICAN GAY MEN.
• AFRICAN AMERICAN LESBIANS.
• AFRICAN ANCESTRAL LESBIANS UNITED FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.
• AGE OF CONSENT.
• AGEISM.
• ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS).
• AIDS COALITION TO UNLEASH POWER (ACT-UP).
• ALBEE, EDWARD (1928–).
• ALEXANDER, DELORES (1931–2008).
• ALEXSEYEV, NIKOLAY (1977–).
• ALLEN, PAULA GUNN (1939–2008).
• ALLIES.
• ALLISON, DOROTHY (1949–).
• ALTERNATIVE INSEMINATION (AI).
• ALTMAN, DENNIS (1943–).
• AMAZONS.
• AMENDMENT 2 (COLORADO) (1992)/ ROMER V. EVANS (1996).
• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU).
• AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION (AFA).
• AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA).
• AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (APA).
• AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (AI).
• ANARCHIST-FEMINISM.
• ANDERSON, MARGARET (1886–1973).
• ANDROGYNOUS.
• ANDROGYNY.
• ANTHONY, SUSAN B. (1820–1906).
• ANTIBIAS LAWS.
• ANTIGAY BACKLASH.
• ANTIGAY INITIATIVES.
• ANTI-SEMITISM.
• ANTISODOMY LAWS.
• ANZALDÚA, GLORIA (1942–2004).
• APUZZO, VIRGINIA (1941–).
• ARCADIE.
• ARENAS, REINALDO (1943–1990).
• ARGENTINA.
• ARNOLD, JUNE (DAVIS) (1926–1982).
• ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION (AI).
• ASEXUAL.
• ASIA.
• ASIAN AMERICAN/PACIFIC ISLAND (API) LESBIANS AND GAY MEN.
• ASIAN LESBIAN NETWORK.
• ASSIMILATION.
• ASSIMILATIONISTS.
• ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE (ASK).
• ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE.
• ASYLUM.
• ATKINSON, TI-GRACE (1939–).
• AUDRE LORDE PROJECT.
• AULT, STEVE (19??–).
• AUSTRALIA.
• AUTONOMY (SEXUAL).
• AXGIL, AXEL (AXEL JOHANNES LUNDAHL MADSEN) (1915–2011).
• B
• BABY BUTCH.
• BACKLASH.
• BAEHR V. LEWIN (1993)/ BAEHR V. MIIKE .
• BANNON, ANN (1932–).
• BAR CULTURE.
• BARNES, DJUNA (1892–1981).
• BARNEY, NATALIE (1876–1972).
• BARRON, CHRISTOPHER (19??–).
• BARS.
• BASILE, VICTOR (194?–).
• BATHS/BATHHOUSES.
• BATTERING.
• BATTS, DEBORAH (1947–).
• BAUDRY, ANDRÉ (ÉMILE) (1922–).
• BEACH, SYLVIA (NANCY) (1887–1962).
• BEAM, JOSEPH F. (1954-1988).
• BEARD.
• BEARS/BEAR CULTURE.
• BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE (1908–1986).
• BECHDEL, ALISON (1960–).
• BECK, VOLKER (1960–).
• BED DEATH (LESBIAN BED DEATH).
• BEIJING CONFERENCE (1995)/UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN.
• BELGIUM.
• BELL, ARTHUR (1939–1984).
• BEN, LISA (EDITH EYDE) (1921–).
• BENEDICT, RUTH (1887–1948).
• BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748–1832).
• BENTLEY, GLADYS (1907–1960).
• BERDACHE.
• BERUBE, ALLAN (1946–2007).
• BESEN, WAYNE (c. 1963–).
• BIAS CRIME.
• BIEDROŃ, ROBERT (1976–).
• BILLING CASE.
• BIRCH, ELIZABETH (1956–).
• BIREN, JOAN E. (JEB) (1944–).
• BIRKBY, (NOEL) PHYLLIS (c. 1930–1994).
• BISEXUAL, GAY, AND LESBIAN ASSOCIATION (BiGALA).
• BISEXUALITY/BISEXUAL (BI).
• BISHOP, ELIZABETH (1911–1979).
• BITCH MANIFESTO.
• BLACK, DUSTIN LANCE (1974–).
• BLACK CAT TAVERN.
• BLACK GAY MEN.
• BLACK LESBIAN-FEMINISTS.
• BLACK LESBIANS.
• BLACK TRIANGLE.
• BLAND, BOB (1947–2011).
• BLEWETT, NEAL (1933–).
• BLOTCHER, JAY (1960–).
• BODY IMAGE.
• BODY POLITIC, THE.
• BODY POLITICS.
• BOND, PAT (1935–1990).
• BONDAGE AND DISCIPLINE (B AND D).
• BONHEUR, ROSA (1822–1899).
• BƟNNELCYCKE, PER KLEIS (1942–).
• BONNET, MARIE-JO (1949–).
• BOOZER, MEL (c. 1946–1987).
• BORN WOMAN.
• BORNSTEIN, KATHERINE VANDAM (KATE) (NÉE ALBERT HERMAN BORNSTEIN) (1948–).
• BORY, JEAN-LOUIS (1919–1979).
• BOSTON MARRIAGE.
• BOSWELL, JOHN (1947–1994).
• BOTHA, KEVAN (1962–).
• BOTTINI, IVY (1926–).
• BOTTOM.
• BOUTILIER V. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (INS) (1967).
• BOWERS V. HARDWICK (1986).
• BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA V. DALE (2000).
• BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER (1930–1999).
• BRAND, ADOLF (1874–1945).
• BRANT, BETH (1941–).
• BRASS, PERRY (1947–).
• BRAZIL.
• BREAST CANCER.
• BREEDER.
• BRIGGS AMENDMENT/BRIGGS INITIATIVE.
• BRIGHT, SUSIE (1958–).
• BRING OUT.
• BRONSKI, MICHAEL (1945–).
• BROOKS, (BEATRICE) ROMAINE GODDARD (1874–1970).
• BROUMAS, OLGA (1949–).
• BROWN, HOWARD (1924–1975).
• BROWN, RITA MAE (1944–).
• BROWN, ROBERT JAMES “BOB” (1944–).
• BRYANT, ANITA (1940–).
• BUFFALO ORAL HISTORY PROJECT.
• BUFFET FLAT.
• BUGGERY.
• BULKIN, ELLY (1944–).
• BULLDAGGER.
• BULLDYKE/BULLDAGGER.
• BULLY/BULLYING.
• BUNCH, CHARLOTTE (1944–).
• BURNS, RICHARD D. (195?–).
• BURNS, ROBERT K. (1975–2011).
• BURSTEIN, KAREN (1942–).
• BUTCH.
• BUTCH-FEMME.
• BUTLER, JUDITH (1956–).
• BUTTON, RICHARD TOTTEN (DICK) (1929–).
• C
• CABAJ, ROBERT PAUL (1948–).
• CALIFIA, PAT (PATRICK) (1954–).
• CALL, HAROLD (HAL) (1917–2000).
• CAMMERMEYER, MARGARETHE (1943–).
• CAMP.
• CAMPAIGN AGAINST MORAL PERSECUTION (CAMP).
• CANADA.
• CARD, CLAUDIA (1940–).
• CARPENTER, EDWARD (1844–1929).
• CARTER, MANDY (1948–).
• CELIBACY.
• CELL 16.
• CENSORSHIP.
• CENTER FOR LESBIAN AND GAY STUDIES (CLAGS).
• CENTRAL AMERICA.
• CHAMBERS, (CAROLYN) JANE (1937–1983).
• CHEMICAL-FREE SPACES.
• CHERRY GROVE.
• CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION.
• CHILDREN OF LESBIANS AND GAYS EVERYWHERE (COLAGE).
• CHINA.
• CHINESE RAINBOW.
• CHOI, LT. DANIEL (1981–).
• CHORUSES AND BANDS.
• CHRISTIAN COALITION.
• CHRISTIAN RIGHT.
• CHRISTINA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN (1626–1689).
• CHRYSTOS (1946–).
• CIRCUMSTANTIAL HOMOSEXUALITY.
• CISGENDER.
• CITIZENSHIP.
• CIVIL RIGHTS.
• CIVIL UNION.
• CLARK, KAREN (1945–).
• CLARKE, CHERYL (1947–).
• CLASSISM.
• CLAUSE 28 (1988).
• CLINTON, KATE (1945–).
• CLIT-TEASE.
• CLOD, BENTE (1946–).
• CLONES.
• CLOSET/CLOSETED (IN THE CLOSET).
• COALITION FOR GAY RIGHTS IN ONTARIO (CGRO).
• COALITION POLITICS.
• CODE NAPOLÉON (1810).
• CODE OF JUSTINIAN.
• COHN, ROY (1927–1986).
• COLLECTIVE (LESBIAN-FEMINIST COLLECTIVE, WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE).
• COLONIALISM/POSTCOLONIALISM.
• COLORADO'S AMENDMENT 2.
• COMADRES.
• COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE.
• COME OUT.
• COMING-OUT STORY.
• COMITÉ D'URGENCE ANTIRÉPRESSION HOMOSEXUELLE (EMERGENCY COMMITTEE AGAINST THE REPRESSION OF HOMOSEXUALS).
• COMMITMENT CEREMONY.
• COMMUNITY CENTERS.
• COMMUNITY FOR HOMOSEXUAL EQUALITY (CHE).
• COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOTS (1966).
• COMPULSORY HETEROSEXUALITY.
• CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA (CWA OR CWFA).
• CONDOM.
• CONFRONTATIONALISTS.
• CONGRESS TO UNITE WOMEN.
• CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING (CR).
• “CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS.”
• CONSTRUCTIONALISM VERSUS ESSENTIALISM.
• CONVERSION THERAPY.
• COOK, BLANCHE WIESEN (1941–).
• COORS (BEER) BOYCOTT.
• CORRINE, TEE A. (1943–2006).
• CORY, DONALD WEBSTER (PSEUD. EDWARD SARAGIN) (1913–1986).
• COUNCIL ON RELIGION AND THE HOMOSEXUAL.
• COVER/COVERING.
• COX, SPENCER (1968–2012).
• CRIME AGAINST NATURE.
• CRONE.
• CRONE (OR HAG).
• CROOME, RODNEY (1964–).
• CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES.
• CROSS-DRESSING (DRAG).
• CRUIKSHANK, MARGARET (1940–).
• CRUISING.
• CULTURAL FEMINISM.
• CULTURE WARS.
• CULTUUR-EN-ONTSPANNINGS CENTRUM (CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL CENTER) (COC).
• CURES.
• CUSTODY.
• CYBERQUEER.
• D
• DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
• DALY, MARY (1928–2010).
• DAMATA, GASPARINO (PSEUD. GASPARINO DA MATA E SILVA) (1918–1980).
• DANISH REGISTERED PARTNERSHIP ACT (1989).
• DANSKY, STEVEN F. (1944–).
• DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS (DOB).
• DAVIS, ANGELA (1944–).
• DAVIS, MADELINE D. (1940–).
• DAY WITHOUT ART.
• DECONSTRUCTION.
• DEFENSE COMMITTEES.
• DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT (DOMA) (1996).
• DEGENERES, ELLEN (1958–).
• DELARVERIE, STORMÉ (1922–).
• D'EMILIO, JOHN (1948–).
• DEMING, BARBARA (1917–1984).
• DEMONSTRATIONS.
• DENMARK.
• DENTAL DAM.
• DER EIGENE (THE SPECIAL).
• DET NORSKE FORBUNDET (NORWEGIAN FEDERATION) (DNF).
• DETECTIVE FICTION.
• DEUTSCHER FREUNDSCHAFTSVERBAND (GERMAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION) (DFV).
• DEVIANCE.
• DIGITAL QUEERS.
• DIGNITY.
• DIRECT ACTION.
• DISABLED LESBIANS AND GAY MEN.
• DITSIE, PALESA BEVERLEY (1972–).
• DOBKIN, ALIX (1941–).
• DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP.
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/BATTERED WOMEN'S MOVEMENT/BATTERING.
• DONALDSON, STEPHEN (NÉE ROBERT ANTHONY MARTIN JR.) (1946–1996).
• “DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL.”
• “DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL (DON'T PURSUE)” (DADT).
• DORIAN SOCIETY (DS).
• DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED (1870–1945).
• DOWN LOW/ON THE DOWN LOW/ON THE DL.
• DR. LAURA (SCHLESSINGER) (1947–).
• DRAG.
• DRAG KING.
• DRAG QUEEN.
• DUBERMAN, MARTIN BAUML (1930–).
• DUNN, IAN CAMPBELL (1943–1998).
• DWORKIN, ANDREA (1946–2005).
• DYKE.
• DYKE MARCHES.
• DYKEWOMON, ELANA (NACHMAN) (1949–).
• DYSON, ANTHONY EDWARD (1928–2002).
• E
• EAGLE FORUM.
• EAST COAST HOMOPHILE ORGANIZATIONS (ECHO)/EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF HOMOPHILE ORGANIZATIONS (ERCHO).
• EASTERN EUROPE.
• EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF HOMOPHILE ORGANIZATIONS (ERCHO).
• ECKSTEIN, ERNESTINE (PSEUD.).
• ECOFEMINISM.
• EDDY, FANNYANN VIOLA (1974–2004).
• EDWARD II (1284–1327).
• EFFEMINIST MOVEMENT.
• EGAN, JIM (1921–2000).
• EGAN V. CANADA (1995).
• EIKVAM, TURID (1948–).
• ELECTIVE LESBIAN.
• ELITISM.
• ELLIS, HAVELOCK (1859–1939).
• EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (ENDA).
• ENCUENTROS DE LESBIANAS FEMINISTAS (LESBIAN-FEMINIST ENCOUNTERS).
• ENDEAN, STEVEN (1948–1993).
• ENG, DAVID L. (197?–).
• EQUAL RIGHTS.
• EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA).
• EREN, IBRAHIM (19??–).
• EROTICA.
• EROTOPHOBIA.
• ESSENTIALISM.
• ETHERIDGE, MELISSA (1961–).
• ETTELBRICK, PAULA (1955–2011).
• EUGENICS.
• EUROPE.
• EVANS, ARTHUR (1942–2011).
• EVANS, DONALD T. (DR. DON) (1937–).
• EX-GAY/EX-GAY MINISTRY MOVEMENT.
• F
• FADERMAN, LILLIAN (1940–).
• FAG/FAGGOT.
• FAG BASHER/FAG BASHING.
• FALWELL, REV. JERRY, SR. (1933–2007).
• FAMILIES AND LESBIANS AND GAYS.
• FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL.
• FAMILY VALUES.
• FARROW, KENYON (197?–).
• FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) HARASSMENT.
• FEINBERG, DAVID B. (1956–1994).
• FEINBERG, LESLIE (1949–).
• FEMALE CHAUVINISM.
• FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM).
• FEMALE TO MALE (FTM).
• FEMINISM.
• FEMINIST.
• FEMINIST ANTICENSORSHIP TASK FORCE.
• FEMINIST BOOKSTORES.
• FEMINISTES REVOLUTIONAIRES.
• FEMINISTS, THE.
• FEMME (FEM OR FLUFF).
• FILMS.
• FINLAND.
• FIRE ISLAND, NEW YORK.
• FIRST WAVE of FEMINISm.
• FLANNER, JANET (GENET) (1892–1978).
• FLOOD, MAURICE (1941–1991).
• FLUVIÀ, ARMAND DE (1926–).
• FOCUS ON THE FAMILY.
• FOREMAN, MATT (1953–).
• FOSTER, JAMES M. (JIM) (1935–1990).
• FOUCAULT, (JEAN-) MICHEL (1926–1984).
• FOURATT, JIM (1945–).
• FRANCE.
• FRANK, BARNEY (1940–).
• FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION.
• FREEDOM RINGS.
• FRENTE DE LIBERACIÓN HOMOSEXUAL DE MEXICO (HOMOSEXUAL LIBERATION FRONT OF MEXICO) (HLFM).
• FRENTE HOMOSEXUAL DE ACCIÓN RÉVOLUCIONARIA DE MEXICO (HOMOSEXUAL FRONT FOR REVOLUTIONARY ACTION MEXICO) (RHAF-M).
• FREUD, SIGMUND (1856–1939).
• FRIEDAN, BETTY (1921–2006).
• FRONT HOMOSEXUEL D'ACTION RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE (HOMOSEXUAL FRONT FOR REVOUTIONARY ACTION) (RHAF).
• FRYE, MARILYN (1941–).
• FUCK BUDDY.
• FULL FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE.
• FURIES, THE.
• FUSION/MERGING.
• G
• GANGSTER WOMAN/GANGSTER DYKE.
• GANYMEDE.
• GARMESON, BERTRAM EUGENE JOSEPH (JOE) (1928–2003).
• GAY.
• GAY ACADEMIC UNION (GAU).
• GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE (GAA).
• GAY AGENDA/HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA.
• GAY AID IDENTIFICATION DEVELOPMENT AND ENRICHMENT (GAIDE).
• GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION (GLAAD).
• GAY AND LESBIAN AMERICANS.
• GAY AND LESBIAN ARABIC SOCIETY (GLAS).
• GAY AND LESBIAN ASSOCIATION OF CUBA.
• GAY AND LESBIAN ORGANIZATION OF ELDERS (GLOE).
• GAY AND LESBIAN ORGANIZATION OF THE WITWATERSRAND (GLOW).
• GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
• GAY AND LESBIAN VICTORY FUND.
• GAY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (GASA).
• GAY BASHING.
• GAY CIVIL RIGHTS.
• GAY GAMES.
• GAY GHETTO.
• GAY, LESBIAN, AND STRAIGHT EDUCATION NETWORK (GLSEN).
• GAY LIBERATION FRONT (GLF).
• GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT.
• GAY LIBERATIONISTS.
• GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS (GMHC).
• GAY RIGHTS.
• GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA)/LESBIAN GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (LGSA).
• GAY/STRAIGHT SPLIT.
• GAY STUDIES.
• GAY VOTE (GAY VOTING BLOC).
• GAYDAR.
• GAYS AND LESBIANS OF ZIMBABWE (GALZ).
• GEARHART, SALLY MILLER (1931–).
• GEMEINSCHAFT DER EIGENEN (COMMUNITY OF THE SPECIAL) (GdE).
• GENDER.
• GENDER BENDER.
• GENDER FUCK.
• GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER (GID).
• GENDER NEUTRAL.
• GENDER ROLE.
• GENDER QUEER.
• GERBER, HENRY (1892–1972).
• GERMANY.
• GIARD, ROBERT (1939–2002).
• GILDROW, ELSA (1889–1986).
• GILL FOUNDATION.
• GINSBERG, ALLEN (1926–1997).
• GITTINGS, BARBARA (1932–2007).
• GIULIANO, NEIL G. (1956–).
• GLITTERBOMBING.
• GLOBAL CAPITALISM.
• GOD HATES FAGS.
• GOMEZ, JEWELLE (1948–).
• GOTTLIEB, MICHAEL S. (ca. 1948–).
• GOUINE, (UNE).
• GRAHN, JUDY (1940–).
• GREAT BRITAIN.
• GREECE.
• GREY, ANTONY (A. E. G. WRIGHT) (1928–).
• GRIER, BARBARA G. (PSEUD. GENE DAMAN) (1933–2011).
• GRIFFEN, CHAD (1973–).
• GRILLINI, FRANCO (1955–).
• GROUPE DE LIBÉRATION HOMOSEXUELLE (HOMOSEXUAL LIBERATION GROUP) (GLH).
• GRUBER, JAMES (JOHN) (1928–2011).
• GRUPO DE ORGULLO HOMOSEXUAL DE LIBERACIÓN (PRIDE FOR HOMOSEXUAL LIBERATION GROUP) (GOHL).
• GRUPO LAMBDA DE LIBERACIÓN HOMOSEXUAL (LAMBDA HOMOSEXUAL LIBERATION GROUP) (GLLH).
• GUERIN, DANIEL (1904–1988).
• H
• HACKER, MARILYN (1942–).
• HAHN, PIERRE (1936–1981).
• HAIRE, NORMAN (PSEUD. WYKEHAM TERRIS) (1892–1952).
• HALL, MURRAY (1830–1901).
• HALL, RADCLYFFE (1880–1943).
• HAMMER, BARBARA (1939–).
• HAMPTON, MABEL (1902–1989).
• HANNON, GERALD (1944–).
• HANSBERRY, LORRAINE (1930–1965).
• HARDWICK, MICHAEL (1954–).
• HARING, KEITH (1958–1990).
• HARLEM RENAISSANCE.
• HARRIS, BERTHA (1937–2005).
• HARRIS, SHERRY (1965–).
• HART, PEARL M. (19??–1975).
• HARVEY MILK SCHOOL.
• HASBIAN.
• HATE CRIMES.
• HATE CRIMES STATISTICS ACT.
• HAY, HENRY (HARRY), JR. (1912–2002).
• HEALTH/LESBIAN HEALTH ISSUES.
• HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES.
• HELLMAN, ALLAN (1904–1982).
• HENSON, BRENDA (1945–2008), AND WANDA (1954–).
• HENSON, WANDA (1954–).
• HERMAPHRODITE/INTERSEXED.
• HERSTORY.
• HE-SHE/SHE-HE.
• HETERODOXY.
• HETERONORMATIVE.
• HETEROSEXISM.
• HETEROSEXUAL ASSUMPTION.
• HETEROSEXUAL PRIVILEGE.
• HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE (HMI).
• HICKOK, (ALICE) LORENA “HICK” (1893–1968).
• HIGHSMITH, (MARY) PATRICIA (PLANGMAN) (1921–1995).
• HIRSCHFELD, MAGNUS (1868–1935).
• HISLOP, GEORGE (1927–2005).
• HIV.
• HOCQUENGHEM, GUY (1946–1988).
• HOLLIBAUGH, AMBER (1947–).
• HOMEROS LAMBDA (HOMEER LAMBDA)
• HOMEROTIC.
• HOMOPHILE.
• HOMOPHILE MOVEMENT.
• HOMOPHOBIA.
• HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA.
• HOMOSEXUAL INDOCTRINATION.
• HOMOSEXUAL LAW REFORM SOCIETY (HLRS).
• HOMOSEXUAL PANIC.
• HOMOSEXUALITY.
• HOMOSEXUELLE INITIATIVE WIEN (HOMOSEXUAL INITIATIVE WIEN) (HW)/ HOMOSEXUELLE INITIATIVE VIENNA (HOMOSEXUAL INITIATIVE VIENNA).
• HOMOSEXUELLE INTERESSENGEMEINSCHAFT BERLIN (HOMOSEXUAL INTEREST GROUP, BERLIN) (HIB).
• hooks, bell (GLORIA WATSON) (1952–).
• HOOSE, JERRY (1945–).
• HOOVER, J. (JOHN) EDGAR (1895–1972).
• HOUSE BALLS/BALL CULTURE.
• HOUSING.
• HOUSMAN, LAURENCE (1865–1959).
• H.R. 14752.
• HUGHES, HOLLY (c. 1955–).
• HUMAN RIGHTS.
• HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (HRC).
• HWAME.
• I
• IDENTITY POLITICS.
• IMMIGRATION.
• IN THE LIFE.
• INDIA.
• INSTITUT FÜR SEXUALWISSENSCHAFT (INSTITUTE FOR SEX RESEARCH).
• INSTITUTIONALIZED MISOGYNY.
• INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA.
• INTERNATIONAL BACHELORS FRATERNAL ORDER FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (BACHELORS ANONYMOUS).
• INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (IGLHRC).
• INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY ASSOCIATION (ILGA).
• INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF LESBIAN AND GAY OFFICIALS (INLGO).
• INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.
• INTERSECTIONALITY.
• INTERSEX.
• INVERT.
• INVISIBILITY.
• ISLAM.
• ITALY.
• IVES, GEORGE CECIL (1867–1941).
• J
• JAMES I (1566–1625).
• JAPAN.
• JAY, KARLA (1946–).
• JEAN, LORRI L. (1957–).
• JEFFREYS, SHEILA (1948–).
• JENNINGS, DALE (1917–2000).
• JIMÉNEZ, PATRIA (1957–).
• JOB DISCRIMINATION.
• JOHNSTON, CRAIG (1951–).
• JOHNSTON, JILL (1929–2010).
• JONES, CLEVE (1954–).
• JORDAN, JUNE (1931–2002).
• K
• KALININ, ROMAN (1966–).
• KAMENY, FRANK (1925–2012).
• KANTROWITZ, ARNOLD (ARNIE) (1940–).
• KATO, DAVID (KISULE) (c. 1964–2011).
• KATZ, JONATHAN NED (1938–).
• KAVARS, LINDA BOYD (LK) (1941–).
• KENNEDY, ELIZABETH LAPOVSKY (1939–).
• KENRIC.
• KERTBENY, KARL-MARIA (BORN KARL-MARIA BENKERT) (1824–1882).
• KIGHT, MORRIS (1919–2003).
• KIKI.
• “KILL THE GAYS.”
• KIM, RICHARD (19??–).
• KING, BILLIE JEAN (1943–).
• KINSEY, ALFRED (1894–1956).
• KINSEY 6.
• KLEPFISZ, IRENA (1941–).
• KNIGHT INITIATIVE/CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 22.
• KOHLER, BOB (1926–2007).
• KOSKALAKA.
• KOWALSKI, SHARON (1955–), AND KAREN THOMPSON (194?–).
• KRAMER, LARRY (1935–).
• KU KLUX KLAN (KKK).
• KUDA, MARIE (1939–).
• KUEHL, SHEILA JAMES (1941–).
• L
• LABOR ISSUES.
• LABOUCHÈRE AMENDMENT.
• LABRYS.
• LADDER, THE.
• LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN.
• LAMBDA.
• LAMBDA DELTA LAMBDA.
• LAMBDA GROUPS ASSOCIATION OF POLAND.
• LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND (ORIGINALLY LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE FUND).
• LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS.
• LAMBDA PRAHA (LAMBDA PRAGUE).
• LANE, ALYCEE (1976–).
• LANE, BETTYE (1930–2012).
• LAPINSKY, SHEILA (1944–).
• LATIN AMERICA.
• LATINA LESBIANS.
• LATINO/LATINA LESBIAN AND GAY ORGANIZATION (LLEGO).
• LAURISTEN, JOHN (1939–).
• LAVENDER HERRING.
• LAVENDER MENACE.
• LAVENDER UNIVERSITY.
• LAVOIE RENÉ (1955–).
• LAWRENCE V. TEXAS (539 U.S. 558 [2003]).
• LEATHER DYKE/LEATHERMAN.
• LEATHER MENACE.
• LEGG, W. DORR (1904–1994).
• LEISTCH, DICK (1935–).
• LEMON, DENIS (1945–1994).
• LESBEN UND SCHWULENVERBAND IN DEUTSCHLAND (LESBIAN AND GAY FEDERATION IN GERMANY) (LSVD).
• LESBERADO.
• LESBIAN.
• LESBIAN AND GAY BABY BOOM.
• LESBIAN AND GAY PRESS (MEDIA).
• LESBIAN AND GAY PRESSES.
• LESBIAN AVENGERS.
• LESBIAN BAITING/GAY BAITING.
• LESBIAN BATTERING/GAY BATTERING.
• LESBIAN CHIC.
• LESBIAN COMMUNITY.
• LESBIAN CONTINUUM.
• LESBIAN CULTURE.
• LESBIAN ETHICS.
• LESBIAN-FEMINISM.
• LESBIAN-FEMINIST.
• LESBIAN-FEMINIST LIBERATION.
• LESBIAN GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (LGSA).
• LESBIAN HERSTORY ARCHIVES.
• LESBIAN INVISIBILITY.
• LESBIAN LAND.
• LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY.
• LESBIAN LIBERATION.
• LESBIAN NATION.
• LESBIAN PHILOSOPHY.
• LESBIAN POLITICAL THEORY.
• LESBIAN RESISTANCE.
• LESBIAN SEPARATISM.
• LESBIAN STUDIES.
• LESBIAN THOUGHT POLICE.
• LESBIANAS UNIDAS (UNITED LESBIANS).
• LESBIANS OF COLOR.
• LESBIPHOBIA.
• LEŠNIK, BOGDAN (1952–).
• LEVITICUS.
• LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/LGBTQQIAA.
• LI, ALAN (1960–).
• LIBERAL FEMINISM.
• LINDSTAD, GRO (1960–).
• LIPSTICK LESBIAN.
• LITERATURE.
• LLANGOLLEN, LADIES OF.
• LOG CABIN FEDERATION/LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS.
• LOOKISM.
• LORDE, AUDRE (1934–1992).
• LOUGANIS, GREGORY E. (1960–).
• LOULAN, JOANN GARDNER (19??–).
• LOVE, BARBARA J. (1937–).
• LUGONES, MARÍA (194?–).
• LUNDEN, BLUE (1937–1999).
• LYON, PHYLLIS (1924–).
• M
• MAGUIRE, ANN (1940–).
• MALE PRIVILEGE/MALE DOMINANCE.
• MALE TO FEMALE (MTF).
• MANFORD, MORTY (1950–1992).
• MAN-HATING.
• MANNISH WOMAN.
• MANUAL ENTERPRISES V. DAY, 370 US 478 (1962).
• MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT (1946–1989).
• MARCH, ARTEMIS (MARGE HOFFMAN) (1941–).
• MARCHES ON WASHINGTON.
• MARTIN, DEL (1921–2008).
• MARXIST-FEMINISM.
• MASCARENHAS, JOÃO ANTÔNIO DE SOUZA (1927–1998).
• MASON, ANGELA (1944–).
• MATLOVICH, LEONARD (1943–1988).
• MATRIARCHISTS.
• MATRIARCHY.
• MATTACHINE SOCIETY (MS)/MATTACHINE FOUNDATION.
• MAZER, JUNE (1929–1987).
• MCCARTHY ERA.
• MCKELLEN, SIR IAN (1935–).
• MCNEILL, JOHN J. (1926–).
• MEAD, MARGARET (1901–1978).
• MECCA, TOMMI AVICOLLI (195?–).
• MEDIA.
• MEDICAL MODEL OF HOMOSEXUALITY.
• MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM).
• METCALFE, ROBIN (1954–).
• METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH (MCC).
• MEXICO.
• MEXICO CITY CONFERENCE (1975)/UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN.
• MICHIGAN WOMYN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL.
• MIDDLE EAST.
• MIELI, MARIO (1952–1983).
• MILITARY ANTIGAY POLICY.
• MILK, HARVEY (1930–1978).
• MILLER, ISABEL.
• MILLER, MERLE (1919–1986).
• MILLER, TIM (1958–).
• MILLETT, KATE (1934–).
• MISOGYNY.
• MOLLY HOUSE.
• MONETTE, PAUL (1945–1995).
• MONOGAMY.
• MORAGA, CHERRÍE (1952–).
• MORAL MAJORITY.
• MORAL PANIC.
• MORGAN, ROBIN (1941–).
• MOSSOP V. CANADA (1993).
• MOTT, LUIZ (1946–).
• MOZETIĈ, BRANE (1958–).
• MUGUISHA, FRANK (1985–).
• MUSIC, GAY AND LESBIAN.
• N
• NAIROBI CONFERENCE (1985)/UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN.
• NAMES PROJECT FOUNDATION.
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE RESEARCH AND THERAPY OF HOMOSEXUALITY (NARTH).
• NATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION (NBJC).
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS (NCLR).
• NATIONAL COALITION FOR GAY AND LESBIAN EQUALITY V. MINISTER OF JUSTICE (1998).
• NATIONAL COALITION OF BLACK LESBIANS AND GAYS.
• NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION (NGLJA).
• NATIONAL GAY TASK FORCE (NGTF)/NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE (NGLTF).
• NATIONAL LESBIAN CONFERENCE.
• NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW).
• NATURE OR NURTURE.
• NAVRATILOVA, MARTINA (1956–).
• NAZI PERSECUTION.
• NEAR, HOLLY (1949–).
• NESTLE, JOAN (1940–).
• NETHERLANDS.
• NEW LEFT.
• NEW ZEALAND.
• NEWMAN, LESLEA (1955–).
• NEWPORT (RHODE ISLAND) NAVAL SCANDAL.
• NEWTON, ESTHER (1940–).
• NGONGANG, JOËL GUSTAVE NANA (1982–).
• NIEMIEC, SZYMON (1977–).
• NKOLI, SIMON TSEKO (1957–1998).
• NOBLE, ELAINE (1942–).
• NORRIS, DAVID (1944–).
• NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF HOMOPHILE ORGANIZATIONS (NACHO).
• NORTH AMERICAN MAN/BOY LOVE ASSOCATION (NAMBLA).
• NORTHROP, ANN (1948–).
• NORWAY.
• O
• OLD LESBIANS ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE (OLOC).
• OLIVIA RECORDS.
• OMANN, SVEN (PSEUD. WANDA LISZT) (1950–).
• ONE, INC./ ONE MAGAZINE.
• ONE, INC. V. OLESEN (1958).
• OPERATION RESCUE.
• OPPRESSION(S).
• ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS.
• OREGON CITIZENS ALLIANCE (OCA).
• OSBORN, TORIE (1950–).
• OUT.
• OUTING.
• OUTRAGE!
• OUTSERVE.
• OWLES, JIM W. (1947–1993).
• P
• PACKING.
• PACTE CIVIL DE SOLIDARITÉ (CIVIL SOLIDARITY PACT) (PAC).
• PAGLIA, CAMILLE (1947–).
• PALIMONY.
• PANCAKE.
• PANT, SUNIL BABU (1972–).
• PANZARINO, CONNIE (1947–2001).
• PARAGRAPH 175 (1871).
• PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS (PFLAG).
• PARIS EXILES.
• PARKER, PAT (1944–1989).
• PARKHURST, CHARLIE (1812–1879).
• PARMAR, PRATIBHA (1967–).
• PARSI, ARSHAM (1980–).
• PASSING.
• PASTRE, GENEVIÈVE (1924–).
• PATIENCE AND SARAH.
• PATIENT ZERO (AKA GAËTAN DUGAS).
• PATRIARCHY.
• PATTON, CINDY (195?–).
• PEDERASTY.
• PEDOPHILIA.
• PENELOPE, JULIA (NÉE STANLEY) (1941–2013).
• PEPPER, JIM (c. 1944–).
• PERFORMANCE ART.
• PERFORMATIVITY.
• PERRY, REV. TROY (1940–).
• PERRY V. SCHWARZENEGGER .
• PERSON OF COLOR.
• PÉTAIN–DE GAULLE LAW.
• PHARR, SUZANNE (c. 1945–).
• PHELAN, SHANE (c. 1960–).
• PHELPS, JOHNNIE (1922–1997).
• PHELPS, REV. FRED W. (1929–).
• PHILIPPINES.
• PHYSIQUE MAGAZINES.
• PINK RIBBON.
• PINK TRIANGLE.
• POLICE ENTRAPMENT.
• POLICE HARASSMENT.
• POLITICAL DYKE.
• POLITICAL LESBIAN.
• PORNOGRAPHY.
• PORTUGAL.
• POSTCOLONIALISM.
• POSTGAY.
• POST-OP.
• POWER DYKE/POWER GAY.
• PRATT, MINNIE BRUCE (1946–).
• “PRAY AWAY THE GAY.”
• PREJUDICE.
• PREOP.
• PRIDE CELEBRATIONS.
• PRIDE MARCH.
• PRIMARY LESBIAN.
• PRISONS.
• PRIVACY, RIGHT TO.
• PROPOSITION 8 (2008).
• PROVINCETOWN/P-TOWN.
• PUBLIC DISPLAY(S) OF AFFECTION (PDA).
• PULP NOVELS.
• Q
• QUEER.
• QUEER LEGAL THEORY.
• QUEER NATION.
• QUEER STUDIES.
• QUEER THEORY.
• QUEERS FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE (Q4EJ).
• R
• RACAULT, FRANÇOISE LA (1756–1815).
• RACISM.
• RADICAL FAERIES.
• RADICAL FEMINISM.
• RADICAL FEMINISTS.
• RADICALESBIANS.
• RAINBOW CURRICULUM.
• RAINBOW FLAG.
• RAPE.
• RED RIBBONS.
• REDSTOCKINGS.
• REDWING, DONNA (OLSON) (19??–).
• REGINA V. BUTLER (1992).
• REGISTERED PARTNERSHIP.
• REIGER, MARILYN “BOOPSIE” (19??–).
• RELIGION.
• RELIGIOUS RIGHT (RR).
• RENT PARTIES.
• REPARATIVE THERAPY.
• RESISTANCE.
• REVOLUTION.
• RICH, ADRIENNE (1929–2012).
• RIGHT TO PRIVACY.
• RIKSFÖRBUNDET FÖR HOMOSEXUELLAS, BISEXUELLAS, OCH TRANSPERSONERS RÄTTIGHETER (SWEDISH FEDERATION FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER RIGHTS).
• RIKSFÖRBUNDET FÖR SEXUELLT LIKABERÄATTIGANDE (SWEDISH FEDERATION FOR GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS) (RFSL).
• RIOT GRRRL.
• ROBERTS, SHELLY (1943–).
• ROBINSON, MARTIN (MARTY) (1942–1992).
• ROBINSON, SVEND (1952–).
• RODRIGUEZ, EDGAR (1960–).
• RODWELL, CRAIG (1940–1993).
• ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP.
• ROMER, LUCIEN SOPHIE ALPERT MARIE VON (1873–1965).
• ROMER V. EVANS (1996).
• ROMO-CARMONA, MARIANA (1952–).
• ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR (1884–1962).
• ROTHENBERG, DAVID (1933–).
• ROUTSONG, ALMA (PSEUD. ISABEL MILLER) (1924–1996).
• ROWLAND, CHUCK (1917–1990).
• RUBIN, GAYLE (c. 1940–).
• RUBIN, MARC (1933–2007).
• RULE, JANE (1931–2007).
• RUSS, JOANNA (1937–2011).
• RUSSIA.
• RUSSIAN RIVER.
• RUSSO, VITO (1946–1991).
• RUSTIN, BAYARD (1912–1987).
• S
• SACRED BAND OF THEBES.
• SADOMASOCHISM (S/M).
• SAINT, ASSOTTO (1957–1994).
• SALSA SOUL SISTERS.
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
• SAMOIS.
• SAMTÖKIN 78 (ORGANIZATION 78).
• SANDERS, DOUGLAS ESMOND (1938–).
• SAPPHIC/SAPPHISTRY.
• SAPPHIRE (ROMONA LOFTON) (1950–).
• SAPPHO (c. 620–560 BC).
• SAPPHO AWARD OF DISTINCTION.
• SAVAGE, DANIAL KEEGAN (DAN) (1964–).
• SCHNEIDER, RICHARD (1951–).
• SCHORER, JACOB ANTON (1866–1957).
• SCHULMAN, SARAH (1958–).
• SCHWULENVERBAND DER DDR (GAY UNION OF THE GDR) (SVD).
• SCOTTISH MINORITIES GROUP (SMG).
• “S.C.U.M. MANIFESTO.”
• SECOND-PARENT ADOPTION/COADOPTION.
• SECOND WAVE OF FEMINISM.
• SEDGWICK, EVE KOSOFSKY (1950–2009).
• SEGAL, MARK (194?–).
• SEKSUAALINEN TASAVERTAISUUS (SEXUAL EQUALITY) (SETA).
• SENECA FALLS.
• SENIOR ACTION IN A GAY ENVIRONMENT (SAGE).
• SEPARATISM.
• SERGEANT.
• SEX NEGATIVE.
• SEX PANIC.
• SEX POSITIVE/SEX-POSITIVE RADICAL.
• SEX RADICALS.
• SEX REASSIGNMENT.
• SEX-ROLE STEREOTYPES.
• SEX VARIANT.
• SEX WARS.
• SEX WORKERS.
• SEXISM.
• SEXOLOGY.
• SEXUAL AUTONOMY.
• SEXUAL CASTE SYSTEM.
• SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
• SEXUAL LAW REFORM SOCIETY.
• SEXUAL LIBERATIONISTS.
• SEXUAL LIBERTIES.
• SEXUAL MCCARTHYISM.
• SEXUAL MINORITIES ASSOCIATION.
• SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT (1967).
• SEXUAL OUTLAW.
• SHELLEY, MARTHA (1943–).
• SHEPARD, MATTHEW WAYNE (1976–1998).
• SHILTS, RANDY (1951–1994).
• SIGNIFICANT OTHER.
• SIGNORILE, MICHELANGELO (1960–).
• SILENCING.
• SIMO, ANA (1946–).
• SISTERHOOD.
• SLAROSTA, SLAWEK (1965–).
• SMASH.
• SMITH, ANN (1944–).
• SMITH, BARBARA (1946–).
• SMITH, LILLIAN (1897–1966).
• SNYDER V. PHELPS (2011).
• SOCARIDES, RICHARD (1954–).
• SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER.
• SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM.
• SOCIAL JUSTICE.
• SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (SHR).
• SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS (SIR).
• SODOMITE.
• SODOMY.
• SODOMY STATUTES.
• SOLANAS, VALERIE (1936–1988).
• SOUTH AFRICA.
• SOVIET UNION, FORMER.
• SPADE, DEAN (1977–).
• SPAHR, REV. JANE ADAMS (1946–).
• SPAIN.
• SPECIAL RIGHTS.
• SPINSTER.
• SPITZER, ROBERT (1939–).
• SPORTS.
• STEIN, GERTRUDE (1874–1946).
• STEREOTYPES.
• STIMPSON, CATHERINE R. (1936–).
• STONE BUTCH.
• STONEWALL/STONEWALL RIOTS.
• STONEWALL GROUP.
• STRAIGHT.
• STRAIGHT GAY ACTIVISTS (SGA).
• STREICHER, RIKKI (1926–1994).
• STUD.
• STUDENT HOMOPHILE LEAGUE (SHL).
• STYLE WARS.
• SUBCULTURE.
• SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.
• SULLIVAN, ANDREW (1963–).
• SWEDEN.
• SYMBOLS.
• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (1840–1993).
• SZIVARVANY (RAINBOW).
• T
• TAFEL, RICH (196?–).
• TAKE BACK THE NIGHT.
• TATCHELL, PETER (1952–).
• TAYLOR, VALERIE (NÉE VELMA NACELLA YOUNG) (1913–1997).
• TERRY HIGGINS TRUST.
• THIRD SEX.
• THIRD WAVE OF FEMINISM.
• THOMAS, MARTHA CAREY (1857–1935).
• THOMPSON, KAREN.
• THORSELL, ERIC (1899–1980).
• TOBIN, KAY (LAHUSEN) (1930–).
• TOMBOY.
• TOP.
• TRANSGENDER.
• TRANSSEXUAL (TS).
• TRANSVESTITE (TV).
• TRATNIK, SUZANA (1963–).
• TREVOR PROJECT.
• TRIBADISM.
• TRUJILLO, CARLA (19??–).
• TSUI, KITTY (KIT FAN TSUI) (1952–).
• TURING, ALAN MATHISON (1912–1954).
• TWO-SPIRITED.
• TYRANNY OF STRUCTURELESSNESS.
• U
• UGANDA.
• ULRICHS, KARL HEINRICH (1825–1895).
• UNION OF LESBIANS AND HOMOSEXUALS.
• UNITED LESBIANS OF AFRICAN HERITAGE (ULOAH).
• UNITED NATIONS (UN).
• UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN (1970).
• UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN (1985).
• UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN (1995).
• UNITED STATES.
• UNITED STATES V. WINDSOR (2013).
• V
• VAID, URVASHI (1959–).
• VANGUARD.
• VANILLA SEX.
• VETERANS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION (VBA).
• VICE VERSA.
• VICINUS, MARTHA (1939–).
• VIDAL, GORE (1925–2012).
• VINCENZ, LILLI (1937–).
• VIOLET OR LAVENDER.
• VIVIEN, RENÉE (Pauline Tarn) (1877–1909).
• VOELLER, BRUCE (1934–1994).
• VON PRAUNHEIM, ROSA (NÉE HOLGER MISCHWITZKY) (1942–).
• VULVA HANDS.
• W
• WADDELL, TOM (1937–1987).
• WALD, LILLIAN (1867–1940).
• WANDEL, RICH (1946–).
• WARING, MARILYN (1952–).
• WARNER, ARTHUR CYRUS (1918–2007).
• WATSON, LEX (1943–).
• WEITHEIMER, DAVID (196?–).
• WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH (WBC).
• WHITMAN, WALT (1819–1892).
• WICKER RANDOLFE HAYDEN (RANDY) (NÉE CHARLES GERVIN HAYDEN JR.) (1938–).
• WILDE, OSCAR (1854–1900).
• WILLS, SUE (1944–).
• WILLSON, MARY ANN (WILSON) (c. 1800–1850).
• WINANT, FRAN (1943–).
• WINDSOR V. UNITED STATES (2013).
• WISSENSCHAFTLICH-HUMANITÄRES KOMITEE (SCIENTIFIC-HUMANITARIAN COMMITTEE) (WHK).
• WITTIG, MONIQUE (1935–2003).
• WITTMAN, CARL (1943–1986).
• WOCKNER, REX (1957–).
• WOJNAROWICZ, DAVID (1954–1992).
• WOLFE, MAXINE (1931–).
• WOLFENDEN REPORT/REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON HOMOSEXUAL OFFENCES AND PROSTITUTION.
• WOLFF, CHARLOTTE (1897–1986).
• WOLFSON, EVAN (1957–).
• WOMAN-BORN WOMAN/WOMYN-BORN WOMYN.
• WOMAN-IDENTIFIED WOMAN.
• WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT.
• WOMMIN/WOMYN/WIMMIN.
• WOOLF, VIRGINIA (1882–1941).
• WOOLLEY, MARY (1863–1947).
• WORKING-CLASS LESBIAN CULTURE.
• WORLD LEAGUE FOR SEXUAL REFORM (WLSR).
• WU, GARY (1969–).
• X
• XING, JIN (1967–).
• Y
• YOUNG, ALLEN (1941–).
• YOURCENAR, MARGUERITE (1903–1987).
• YOUTH.
• Z
• ZAP.
• ZAREMBA, EVE (1930–).
• ZIMBABWE.
• ’ZINE.
• ZONING.
• ZUNA INSTITUTE.
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