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1	Queering the WAC: The World War II Military Experience of Queer Women Cauley, Catherine S 18 December 2015 (has links) The demands of WWII mobilization led to the creation of the first standing women's army in the US known as the Women's Army Corps (WAC). An unintended consequence of this was that the WAC provided queer women with an environment with which to explore their gender and sexuality while also giving them the cover of respectability and service that protected them from harsh societal repercussions. They could eschew family for their military careers. They could wear masculine clothing, exhibit a masculine demeanor, and engage in a homosocial environment without being seen as subversive to the American way of life. Quite the contrary: the outside world saw them as helping to protect their country. This paper looks at the life of one such queer soldier, Dorothee Gore. Dorothee's letters, journals, and memorabilia demonstrate that for many lesbians of her generation, service in the WACS during WWII was a time of relatively open camaraderie and acceptance by straight society. Cultural History History of Gender Military History Women's History
2	Från osynlig till dömd : En kvalitativ studie om livsvillkor för homosexuella kvinnor under 1940-talet utifrån ett historiskt rättsfall / From Invisible to Convicted : A Qualitative Study about Living Conditions for Homosexual Women during the 1940s Based on a Historical Court Case Gustafsson, Kajsa January 2023 (has links) It is a difficult task to interpret historical silences, to investigate subjects that are largely missing in the archives. However, the writing of history must not stop because of that, but with the help of the small amount of material that exists, research must move forward and create more knowledge. One purpose of the essay is precisely this, to contribute with inspiration and knowledge about working with limited materials from marginalized groups. This particular essay is about lesbian living conditions during the 1940s in Stockholm and this is examined using documents from a police investigation during the time, that convicted five women by the swedish law against homosexuality, "fornication that is against nature". This court case is unique as it is the first case in swedish legal history where women have been convicted of homosexual acts. The source material is examined using text analysis, queer theory, queer phenomenology and gender theory. Through this method and theory formation, lesbian living conditions are studied based on factors such as identity, community, norms and attitudes. The main results show that the prevailing heteronormativity and gender order were both limiting and liberating for gay women in different situations and that there were different attitudes towards female homosexuality. The various investigated categories are also woven together in the final discussion and their connections and influence on each other are made visible. With this essay, the goal is to contribute to the research of historical lesbian living conditions as well as to contribute with historical role models for lesbians today. lesbian history female homosexuality queer history living conditions 1940s lesbisk historia kvinnlig homosexualitet queerhistoria levnadsvillkor 1940 History Historia
3	The L Word Menace: Envisioning Popular Culture as Political Tool Pratt, Marnie 25 July 2008 (has links) No description available. American Studies Cultural Anthropology Gender History Mass Media Womens Studies The L Word lesbian lesbian history lesbian popular culture queer fandom television
4	"DON'T LET THEM BURY US": LESBIAN ACTIVISM IN THE GENEALOGY OF THE PRISON ABOLITION MOVEMENT Cait N. Parker (20360190) 10 January 2025 (has links) <p dir="ltr">This dissertation analyzes how lesbian activism contributed to the genealogy of the prison abolition movement from the late 1980s through the early 2000s through collective practices, including grassroots organizing, exchanging writing and art, and acts of intimacy. Although the language of prison abolition did not emerge widely until the 1990s, their work —though not explicitly abolitionist at the time — proved instrumental to the contemporary prison abolitionist movement. Through archival research and oral histories with Judy Greenspan, Linda Evans, Laura Whitehorn, and Eve Rosahn, this research shows how these activists interceded in abolition's genealogy through their nuanced interrogations of gender, sexuality, and incarceration within the broader context of systemic racism and imperialist violence. Their critiques challenged mainstream feminist and gay and lesbian movements' failure to recognize their interdependencies within the carceral system. In 1986, as anti-imperialist lesbian activist Susan Rosenberg was led to a prison isolation unit, Rosenberg called out “Don’t let them bury us!”; excavating these genealogical threads enriches our understanding of abolitionist thought and illuminates crucial intersections between lesbian activism, anti-imperialism, and the struggle for a world without prisons.</p> Gender history Feminist and queer theory Feminist theory Sexualities Lesbian history Queer history history of sexuality leftist history U.S. History political prisoners prison abolition critical carceral studies Women's history
5	Navigating The Landscape of Sexuality and Gender : The trans, lesbian, and women’s movements in Sweden 1964–1999 Florin, Alice January 2024 (has links) This thesis is situated at the intersection of trans, lesbian, and women’s history. It is an exploratory study that has sought to combine the disparate strands of the social movements organised around the identity categories trans, lesbian, and woman. Using a semibiographical and intersectional approach, the study follows in the footsteps of the transsexual lesbian woman Eva-Lisa Bengtson as she navigated the trans, lesbian, and women’s movements between 1964–1999. The analytical focus is on mapping Eva-Lisa’s presence in the movements, dissecting the production, reproduction, and negotiation of identities within and between the movements, and identifying identity-based conflict. The study finds that similar mechanisms of differentiation and the creation of new normativities occurred across all three movements in a recognisable pattern. trans history lesbian history women’s history intersectionality normativity transsexuality transsexualism transvestism lesbianism homosexuality identity transhistoria lesbisk historia kvinnohistoria genushistoria intersektionalitet transsexualitet transvestism lesbiskhet homosexualitet identitet History Historia Gender Studies Genusstudier

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