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Here you’ll find information about progress being made by women to help the cause of social recognition, equality and acceptance of alternative life styles, special activities and gatherings, stories about lesbian life in Asheville and Western North Carolina, ways people can connect socially and politically, and other related important and educational information. Your suggestions and submissions are welcomed.




Chapter 30: Sing!

“This is totally inexcusable! This is criminal negligence on the part of the news media!” Milo yelled, slamming in through the front door. She entered the living room where Hopi and I were calmly watching the 6:00 evening news.    more...

Chapter 29: Out of the Closets and into the Streets!

When the cooler breezes of autumn started wafting through the mountain valleys again, not only did they carry with them the swirling, multi-hued leaves, but they also seemed to whirl the community’s colorful cast of characters aloft, carrying us in all directions. The winds of change had arrived once more.    more...

A Lesbian History of Britain

Greenwood World Publishing has just published Rebecca Jennings' A Lesbian History of Britain: Love and Sex Between Women Since 1500. Click here for the review in the Guardian

Lesbian Social Life Study

Lesbian women living in the South are invited to participate in the Lesbian Social Life Study. This study is sponsored by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has received IRB approval to assure the confidentiality and ethical treatment of all study participants. Below you will find a link that will take you directly to our survey, but first we would like to stress the importance of this study.    more...

Same-Gender Blessings: Interview with the Dean of the Cathedral of All Souls

In 2000, the Cathedral of All Souls, located in the historic district of Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC, made the decision to offer the Blessing of a Covenanted Relationship for same-gender couples. Soon afterwards, the American Anglican Council denounced the cathedral's decision. The controversy over homosexuality and organized religion is one of the fiercest and most delicate of controversies in the U.S. today.    more...

Stonewall Pride

It is never easy or quite accurate to pinpoint one event as the beginning of an entire movement...but many American LGBT people, we recognize that there have been hundreds of Actions that have signified our liberation throughout time, but we choose - JUNE 28, 1969 to Symbolize - OUR PRIDE!    more...

 

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