Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements
Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements
Editor: Myers, Joanne
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-0-8108-7226-4
Category: Social Sciences - Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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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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