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10/15/2004 

 
 
 
 
  A farmyard scene by Frances Hodgkins

Arts and Letters in Australia and New Zealand
 
Australian and New Zealand writers such as Frank Sargeson and Patrick White and artists such as Frances Hodgkins and James Gleeson have contributed significantly to the glbtq heritage in literature and the arts.
 
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  Illustration:  Image of Frances Hodkins painting Copyright © 2003-2004 Clipart.com.  
 
 
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10/01/2004 

 
 
 
 
  Ani DiFranco

Music: Women's
 
Women's Music is stylistically diverse and continually evolving. It has broadened over time, but remains committed to lesbian visibility and feminist values.
 
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  Illustration:  Photograph of Ani DiFranco by Danny Clin courtesy Righteous Babe Records.  
 
 
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  Ethel Waters

American Television Part 2
 
Openly homosexual personalities such as Nathan Lane, Rosie O'Donnel, Frank Kameny, and RuPaul as well as such closeted figures as Liberace and Paul Lynde have influenced American perceptions of glbtq people.
 
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  Illustration:  Ethel Waters.  
 
 
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09/01/2004 

 
 
 
 
  Margaret Cho.

American Television Part 1
 
In the past, television dramas, news programs, sitcoms, soap operas, and talk shows have treated glbtq issues inadequately or in stereotyped ways, though there have recently been signs of improvement.
 
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  Illustration:  Photograph of Margaret Cho by Ausin Young, courtesy Ken Phillips Publicity Group.  
 
 
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08/15/2004 

 
 
 
 
  Spotlight on Education

Education
 
Many colleges and universities have grown more responsive to glbtq issues during the last thirty years as a result of the efforts of glbtq students, staff, and faculty. While the campus climate has improved at many U. S. institutions, some harassment persists.
 
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08/01/2004 

 
 
 
 
  Babe Didrikson

Lesbians and Sports
 
Lesbians and athletics have been identified with each other since long before the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion alerted mainstream straight America that there was a large queer minority in its midst. Despite that long history, many lesbians in sports continue to face homophobia and other obstacles today.
 
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  Illustration:  Babe Didrikson teeing off.  
 
 
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07/15/2004 

 
 
 
 
  Edward Carpenter

Autobiography: Gay Male
 
In its first century of existence, Gay Male Autobiography has become increasingly open, frank, and unapologetic. Gay autobiography has inspired solidarity because it emphasizes both the uniqueness and the commonalities of the coming out experience, as well as the peculiarities and the mundanities of gay lives.
 
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  Illustration:  Image of Edward Carpenter courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.  
 
 
  point of view

07/01/2004 

 
 
 
 

Gordon Babst on the FMA
 
Political Scientist Gordon Babst argues that the Federal Marriage Amendment savages some of the most treasured principles of the
U. S. Constitution.
 
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07/01/2004 

 
 
 
 
  Lesbian wedding cake topper

Marriage and Family
 
While glbtq people have formed unions, partnerships, de facto marriages, and many kinds of families for generations, one of the greatest shifts in the history of the family began in the 1990s when queer families began to insist more vocally that they receive the same societal benefits as traditional families.
 
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  Illustration:  The "femme-femme" cake topper provided by gayweddings.com was photographed by Pettersen Associates.  
 
 
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06/15/2004 

 
 
 
 
  Joan of Arc

Cross-Dressers: Female
 
Female cross-dressers assume male dress for many reasons. Often, lesbian cross-dressing has been a way to claim power in societies that limit the the social mobility of women.
 
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  Illustration:  Image of Joan of Arc courtesy Clipart.com. Copyright © 2003-2004 Clipart.com.  
 
 
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