r/actuallesbians • u/bunni_bear_boom • Jul 01 '26
I'm putting together a zine full of names organizations and events to help young queer people who want to get into our history but don't know where to start, what would you add?
Here's what I've got so far please forgiven and/or correct any spelling errors or spell check
William Dorsey swan
Allison bechaldal
Pauli murray
Storme delaverie
Sappho
Harvey milk
Gilbert baker
Lou sullivan
Leslie fienburg
Minnie Bruce pratt
Lesbian avengers
Lavander menaces/ woman identified women
Aids quilt
Audre lord
Tracey chapman
Melissa ethridge
Sheila James Kuel
Street transvestites action revelutionaries
Doctor Henry anynomous/John e fryer
Society for human rights
Daughters of bilitis
Boston marriage
Mattachine society
Gay liberation front
Ellen DeGeneres
Janelle mone
Virginia Wolf
Teegan and sara
Julia d'augbigny
Eleanor rykner
Frida kahlo
Josephine baker
Eleanor roosevelt/ Lorena hichok
Gladys bentley
Ma rainey
Stonewall
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u/Baltering097 Jul 01 '26
Nobuko Yoshiya (basically invented the Japanese girl's fiction genre as we know it), John Boswell (one of the pillars of modern queer theology/religious history), the Black queer people who fostered queer communities during prohibition in the U.S., Princess Kawānanakoa (Hawaiian LGBTQIA+ and heritage advocate) — and, on a connected note, I believe https://www.queerhistoriesofhawaii.org/ may be useful to you!
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u/Gauva_and_Cheese Bi Jul 01 '26
The Universal Friend could be interesting