Lesbian Herstory Archives

The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the largest collections of materials about lesbians in the world. Our photo collection, which we are now starting to digitize, holds tens of thousands of images, and reflects the growth of the Archives since 1974. Many of the 664 items showcased here came to us from women who simply wanted their images saved, their lives remembered. The collection holds snapshots, professional photography, found images and everything in between.

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: " A kiss may not make a revolution, but it just might start one."; Rita Mae Brown and Beth Hodges, Second Annual Conference of the Gay Academic Union.

: "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle"; Woman wearing a t-shirt with popular slogan.

: "Lesbian Menace Strikes Again"; graffiti on the walls of the DAR building.

: "Mother Nature is a Lesbian"; Women with sign at Women's march

: "NOW supports Sexual Privacy Civil Rights"; Women with banner at Gay Pride March

: "WomanWrites" group; group shot, At WomenWrites: the Southeast Lesbian Writers, Printers and Publishers Conference

: "WomanWrites" group; group shot, At WomenWrites: the Southeast Lesbian Writers, Printers and Publishers Conference

: "WomanWrites"group; group shot, At WomenWrites: the Southeast Lesbian Writers, Printers and Publishers Conference

: 2 years old; Ira, 2 years old

: 3 years old; Standing on the roof

: 38, 39; Standing in room

: 43,44; at a bar

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; marchers with signs

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; marchers with signs

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; Frank Kameny (of Washington D.C.'s Mattachine society) and other marchers

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; Frank Kameny of Mattachine Society of Washington

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; marchers with signs

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; Martha Taylor (of Arlington, VA) and other marchers with signs

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; Kay Tobin (Lahusen) of NYC and other marchers with signs

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny and other marchers with signs

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; marchers with signs

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; Martha Shelly (foreground) and Lilli Vincenz (center, back) and other marchers

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; marchers with signs

: 5th annual 'reminder' picket of Independence Hall protest; marchers with signs

: Abortion Liberation Army

: Act Up Ashes action; Alexis and friends carrying their loved ones' ashes to the White House., A Political Funeral, an Act Up action where demonstrators deposited ashes fromtheir deceased loved ones on the White House Lawn

: Act Up Ashes action; Alexis and friends carrying their loved ones' ashes to the White House., A Political Funeral, an Act Up action where demonstrators deposited ashes fromtheir deceased loved ones on the White House Lawn

: Act Up Ashes action; Large crowd marching, A Political Funeral, an Act Up action where demonstrators deposited ashes fromtheir deceased loved ones on the White House Lawn

: Act Up Ashes action; Alexis and friends carrying their loved ones' ashes to the White House., A Political Funeral, an Act Up action where demonstrators deposited ashes fromtheir deceased loved ones on the White House Lawn

: Adrienne Rich; portrait

: Adrienne Rich; Archives visitor

: After the bomb scare; Robin Tyler, police, Christine and others in the bar 'TC & co.' after one of the frequent bomb scares of those days.

: Against S&M; audience at the conference., Conference: The Scholar and Feminist IX, ""Towards a Politics of Sexuality."" Barnard College

: Ain't Stopping us Now; 2 lesbians at a march

: Alex, Joan, Deb; Alix Dobkin, Joan Nestle, Deborah Edel

: Alida Walsh

: Amaranth; Ducky Haven Caf Collective at first Amaranth Birthday party, these women ran Amaranth

: Amaranth; flyer

: Amaranth; note to workers, note for staff to help with patrons issues

: Amaranth; flyer

: Amazon Autumn banner; Gay Pride Parade NYC, Amazon Autumn was a yearly New Jersey Conference

: Amazons Furies Banshees and Dykes; Protestors with giant creature in front of AMNH

: Amber Hollibaugh; Amber Hollibaugh's plenary address at the Barnard Sex Conference, Conference: The Scholar and Feminist IX, ""Towards a Politics of Sexuality."" Barnard College

: And the March Stops- Those troublesome SM Dykes; banner reading ""Lesbian Strength"", Del LaGrace Volcano, previously known as Della Grace and Della Disgrace