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Cover art by Ginger Legato

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Inside cover art by Joyce Sills

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editorial: motive comes out!

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Table of Contents

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What Every Lesbian Should Know, by Charlotte Brunch, Rita Mae Brown

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Woodcut, by Maria, New Mexico

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Edward the Dyke, Judy Grahn

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Montezuma (poetry) Rita Mae Brown

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For Joan (poetry) Sharon Deevy

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Photograph by Selina Martin

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Baby Don't Live Here Anymore, Helaine Harris

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Notes of an Old Gay, from Los Angeles

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Bringing Her Out (poetry) Harriette Frances

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Rondelet (poetry) Pat Ouelette

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Carol in the Park Chewing On Straws (poetry) Judy Grahn

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Romaine Brooks: Thief of Souls, Michela Griffo

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"...At Least You Could Act Like Ladies!" Katz

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Photograph by Ellen Shumsky

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Poem, Heather

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The Vow for anne hutchinson (poetry) Alta

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An Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Strangelove, Maude

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Lace Curtains and Plastic Jesus, Nancy Myron

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My Thinking With Gertrude Stein With My Thinking

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This is a Color Photo (poetry) Judish McCombs

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"Mister, I'd Rather Do It Myself!" Judy N. Winsett

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If That's All There Is, Del Martin

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Invocation to Sappho (poetry) Elsa Gidlow

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Reformism: The Politics of Ostriches, Ginny Berson

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Looking at Women (poetry) Fran Winant

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Motherhood is Powerless, Coletta Reid

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Bringing Up Children in the Gay Community, from the South

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The Last Straw, Rita Mae Brown

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Bibliography

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List of Contacts

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Inside back cover art, Pen & Ink by Nancy Myron

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Back cover, Pen & Ink by B. Vogel

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