Joan Nestle, the Glossary
Joan Nestle (born May 12, 1940) is a Lambda Award winning writer and editor and a founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, which holds, among other things, everything she has ever written.[1]
Table of Contents
40 relations: American Library Association, Australia, Australian Queer Archives, Bill Whitehead Award, Breast cancer, Brownstone, Butch and femme, Civil rights movement, CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies, Colorectal cancer, Coming out, Deborah Edel, Erotica, Feminist sex wars, Garment District, Manhattan, Gay Academic Union, Gay liberation, Golden Crown Literary Society, Lambda Literary Award for Anthology, Lambda Literary Awards, Lesbian Feminist Liberation, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Lillian Faderman, Mabel Hampton, Martin Van Buren High School, New York City, New York University, Organized crime, Park Slope, Queens, Queens College, City University of New York, Riki Wilchins, Selma to Montgomery marches, Southern United States, Stonewall riots, Tristan Taormino, University of Melbourne, Vice, Voter registration campaign, Women Against Pornography.
- Butch and femme
- Lesbian working-class culture
- Martin Van Buren High School alumni
American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Australian Queer Archives
The Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex LGBTI Australians.
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Bill Whitehead Award
The Bill Whitehead Award is an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honour lifetime achievement by writers within the LGBT community.
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Breast cancer
Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue.
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Brownstone
Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material.
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Butch and femme
Butch and femme are masculine (butch) or feminine (femme) identities in the lesbian subculture that have associated traits, behaviors, styles, self-perception, and so on. Joan Nestle and Butch and femme are lesbian working-class culture.
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Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.
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CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies (formerly known as Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies or CLAGS) was founded in 1991 by professor Martin Duberman as the first university-based research center in the United States dedicated to the study of historical, cultural, and political issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals and communities.
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Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine).
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Coming out
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
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Deborah Edel
Deborah Edel (born June 23, 1944) is an American activist, archivist, and psychologist.
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Erotica
Erotica is literature or art that deals substantively with subject matter that is erotic, sexually stimulating or sexually arousing.
Feminist sex wars
The feminist sex wars, also known as the lesbian sex wars, sex wars or porn wars, are collective debates amongst feminists regarding a number of issues broadly relating to sexuality and sexual activity.
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Garment District, Manhattan
The Garment District, also known as the Garment Center, the Fashion District, or the Fashion Center, is a neighborhood located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
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Gay Academic Union
The Gay Academic Union (GAU) was a group of LGBT academics who aimed at making the academia more amenable to the LGBT community in the United States.
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Gay liberation
The gay liberation movement was a social and political movement of the late 1960s through the mid-1980s in the Western world, that urged lesbians and gay men to engage in radical direct action, and to counter societal shame with gay pride.
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Golden Crown Literary Society
Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) is an American nonprofit organization established in 2004 for those with an interest in Sapphic literature.
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Lambda Literary Award for Anthology
The Lambda Literary Award for Anthology is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards "ollections of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry" with LGBT content.
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Lambda Literary Awards
Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world.
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Lesbian Feminist Liberation
Lesbian Feminist Liberation was a lesbian rights advocacy organization in New York City formed in 1972.
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
The Lesbian Herstory Archives (LHA) is a New York City-based archive, community center, and museum dedicated to preserving lesbian history, located in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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Lillian Faderman
Lillian Faderman (born July 18, 1940) is an American historian whose books on lesbian history and LGBT history have earned critical praise and awards. Joan Nestle and Lillian Faderman are American lesbian writers, LGBT people from New York (state), Lambda Literary Award winners, lesbian Jews, lesbian academics and Stonewall Book Award winners.
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Mabel Hampton
Mabel Hampton (May 2, 1902 – October 26, 1989) was an American lesbian activist, a dancer during the Harlem Renaissance, and a volunteer for both Black and lesbian/gay organizations. Joan Nestle and Mabel Hampton are LGBT people from New York (state).
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Martin Van Buren High School
Martin Van Buren High School (MVBHS) is a public high school in Queens Village, New York.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.
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Organized crime
Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit.
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Park Slope
Park Slope is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn.
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Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.
Queens College, City University of New York
Queens College (QC) is a public college in the New York City borough of Queens.
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Riki Wilchins
Riki Anne Wilchins (born 1952) is an American activist whose work has primarily focused on the impact of gender norms. Joan Nestle and Riki Wilchins are American lesbian writers.
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Selma to Montgomery marches
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.
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Southern United States
The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.
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Stonewall riots
The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
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Tristan Taormino
Tristan Taormino (born May 9, 1971) is an American feminist author, columnist, sex educator, activist, editor, speaker, radio host, and pornographic film director. Joan Nestle and Tristan Taormino are American feminist writers, LGBT people from New York (state), Lambda Literary Award winners and sex-positive feminists.
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University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (also colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia.
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Vice
A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered morally wrong in the associated society.
Voter registration campaign
A voter registration campaign or voter registration drive is an effort by a government authority, political party or other entity to register to vote persons otherwise entitled to vote.
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Women Against Pornography
Women Against Pornography (WAP) was a radical feminist activist group based out of New York City that was influential in the anti-pornography movement of the late 1970s and the 1980s.
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See also
Butch and femme
- Boi (slang)
- Butch (lesbian slang)
- Butch Jamie
- Butch and femme
- Butch is Not a Dirty Word
- Dykes & Gorgons
- Femme
- Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities
- Joan Nestle
- Lipstick lesbian
- Soft butch
- Stone Butch Blues
- Stone butch
- The Royal Road
Lesbian working-class culture
- Butch and femme
- Common Lives/Lesbian Lives
- Conditions (magazine)
- Joan Nestle
- Lesbians Against Pit Closures
- Sinister Wisdom
- Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature
- Stone Butch Blues
- The Watermelon Woman
- Trash: Short Stories
Martin Van Buren High School alumni
- Abby Joseph Cohen
- Al Kooper
- Arthur Kane
- Brian L. Strom
- Donny Deutsch
- Frank Wilczek
- Ilene Graff
- Joan Nestle
- Jon Bauman
- Liz Berube
- Lynne Stewart
- Madeline Kahn
- Mario Savio
- Martin Lang (fencer)
- Ramel Curry
- Ray Kurzweil
- Stephen Kaplan (fencer)
- Tom Pecora