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List of lesbian periodicals

A list of notable lesbian magazines, periodicals, newsletters, and journals.

Africa

South Africa

  • Closet Magazine – c. 1998–?
  • Legacy – Lesbian Arts Magazine – Johannesburg, 1990
  • The Quarterly
  • Sunday's Women – 1990s?
  • Umzabalazo – official newsletter of the Coalition of African Lesbians, a continent-wide organization of lesbians in Africa – Johannesburg, 2007–present
  • Womyn – 2000–2003

Asia and the Middle East

China

  • Les+ – Beijing, longest running lesbian magazine in China, 2005–2012

Indonesia

  • Goya Lestari – published by group Chandra Kirana, 1993–?

Israel

  • Klaf Hazak – lesbian feminist quarterly from KLaF/CLAF (Kehila Lesbit Feministit/Community of Lesbian Feminists), c.1990–?

Japan

1970 to 1980

  • Feminist Forum: Feminism in Japan and the World (Tokyo, Japan, 1979–1985)
  • Hikariguruma – 1978
  • Subarashii Onnatachi – Tokyo, lesbian feminist magazine of Wakakusa no Kai – 1976
  • Za Daiku (ザ・ダイク) – 1978

1980 to 1990

  • Eve & Eve (イブ＆イブ) –
  • Regumi TsÅ«shin (れ組通信) – Tokyo (also known as RST, Regumi Studio Tokyo), 1985–present

1990 to present

  • Aniisu (アニース) – (1996–1997, 2001–2003)
  • Furiine (Phryné; フリーネ) 1995 (two issues total)
  • Kaamira (Carmilla; カーミラ) – (2002–2005)
  • Labrys (ラブリス) – continued by LOUD News, 1992–1995?
  • LOUD News – published by "Lesbians of Undeniable Drive", 1995–2011?
  • Misuto (ミスト／美粋) – Josei ladies comics magazine, 1996–1999

Unknown date

  • Lesbian News & Views (English language journal from Japan)

Korea

  • Kkiri-kkiri – Seoul, newsletter of Kkiri-kkiri, now the Lesbian Counseling Center

Lebanon

  • Bekhsoos – magazine of Meem

Palestine

  • Aswat Newsletter – Haifa, published by Aswat Gay Palestinian Women

Philippines

  • My Femme (2009–?)

Taiwan

  • Ai Fu Hao Zi Zai Bao (abbrev. "Ai-Bao") – Taiwan, 1993–?
  • Isle Margin – Taiwan
  • Lez's Meeting
  • Nu pengyou – Taiwan, published by group Wo Men Zhi Jian, 1994–1998?
  • Wo Men Zhi Jian Newsletter – Taiwan, 1991–1994

Thailand

  • Anjareesan/Asian Lesbian Network Newsletter – Bangkok, published by Anjaree, 1991–?

Europe

Austria

1970 to 1980

  • Lesben-Frauen-Nachrichten – Vienna, 1979–?

1990 to present

  • Female Sequences – frauen lesben kulturHEFTig, Vienna, 1999–?
  • Frauenlesben rapidité – Vienna, c. 1997
  • Lebenszeichen – Vienna, 2001–?
  • LILA Schriften – Vienna, 1995–2001
  • Osterreichischer Lesbenrundbrief – Vienna, newsletter of HOSI-Lesben

Belgium

  • ' – Brussels, newsletter of Groupe de Recherche et d'Information Feministes (GRIF), c. 1975–78

Croatia

  • Just a Girl – Zagreb

Czech Republic

  • Alia – magazine of Klub Lambda
  • Promluv – magazine of Promluv group

Finland

France

1970 to 1980

  • Quand les Femmes s'aiment – 1978–1980

1980 to 1990

  • Bulletin des Archives Lesbiennes (Archives et recherches lesbiennes) – Paris, 1990
  • Espaces : bulletin de liaison et d'informations entre lesbiennes radicales – Paris, 1982
  • Lesbia: Revue lesbienne d'expression, d'information, d'opinion – Paris, 1982–2012
  • Vlasta: fictions/utopies amazoniennes, Paris, by the Collectif Mémoires/Utopies, 1983–1985

1990 to present

  • LesBienNées – Nancy
  • ' – Lille, 2003–2013

Unknown date

  • Espace Lesbien – Toulouse and the Midi-Pyrénées region, newsletter of Bagdam Espace Lesbien
  • Les Lesbianaires: revue de presse
  • Lesbrouffe: Voies d'Elles – Grenoble, newsletter of the Association des Lesbiennes de Grenoble
  • Penthésilée – Association des Femmes Homosexuelles Européennes (AFHE)

Germany

1920 to 1970

1970 to 1980

  • Frauen Zeitung – Frauenzentrum – Hamburg, feminist and lesbian newsletter 1976–?
  • – Berlin, published by the Lesbenpressenkollektiv de LAZ, 1975–1982
  • Protokolle – Münster, Verlag Frauenpolitik, 1976–1979
  • UKZ: Unsere kleine Zeitung – Berlin/Mannheim, 1974–2001

1980 to 1990

  • Infoblatt des Lesbenring – Köln, c. 1984–1996?
  • LESBENINFO NETZ – Ulm, 1989–?
  • Die Lesbischschwule Presseschau – Berlin, 1982–?
  • Tarantel – Bielefeld, Tarantel Kollektiv, 1980–?

1990 to present

  • Blattgold – West Berlin, c. 1990s
  • EMMA – Germany
  • Frau Anders – Weimar, 1990–?
  • – Bochum, radical feminist lesbian magazine, 1990–2004
  • Krampfader – Kassel, 1986–?
  • L-Mag
  • Lesben in NRW – Düsseldorf, c. 2005
  • Lesbenstich – Dortmund
  • Lescriba: Das lesbische Literaturmagazin – Sinzing, 2004–?
  • – 1995–2006
  • nur sie: Lesben/Frauen-Kulturmagazin für Nürnberg/Fürth/Erlangen – Nürnberg, 1999–?

Unknown year

  • Bulletin des Archives Lesbiennes

Greece

  • Labrys – Athens, 1980–?
  • Lettres Eoliennes: Revue Bimensuelle d'Art Lesbien – Athens, c. 1980s

Hungary

  • Dyke Magazin – 2007
  • qLit
  • Labrisz Lesbian Newsletter – published by the Labrisz Lesbian Association, c. 1990s

Ireland

  • Gaelick – online lesbian periodical
  • LINC: Lesbians in Cork – Cork, c. 2001

Italy

  • Bollettino cel C.L.I. – Rome, paper of Centro Feminista Separatista, c. 1981–1991
  • Towanda: appunti, spunti e spuntini lesbici – Milan, 1994

Lithuania

  • SAPPHO – Vilnius, quarterly magazine of lesbian organization Sappho

Netherlands

1970 to 1980

  • ' – 1972–present
  • ' – 1972–1974

1980 to 1990

  • Diva – 1982–1986, switched to Zij aan Zij in the mid-1990s
  • ILIS newsletter – Amsterdam, International Lesbian Information Service, 1980–81, 1987–1998
  • Lesbisch Archivaria – Lesbisch Archief Leeuwarden, 1982–?
  • Lust en gratie: lesbisch cultureel tijdschrift – Amsterdam, c. 1983–1987
  • Nieuwsbrief – Amsterdam, Lesbisch Archief Amsterdam, 1983–1994

1990 to 2000

  • Wild Side Magazine – Amsterdam, Leiden

1990 to present

  • Girls Like Us – Amsterdam, 2005–present
  • Zij aan Zij – Rijswijk, 1998–present

Poland

  • Sigma – Silesia, published one issue only, 1992
  • Violet Pulse – Gdańsk
  • Lesbilans - Katowice, yearly since 2024

Portugal

1980 to 1990

  • Artemísia – Porto, feminist magazine supportive of lesbians, 1985

1990 to present

  • Lesbiana – published by Grupo de mulheres da associação ILGA-Portugal, 1999
  • LILÁS – Lisbon, 1993
  • Organa – Lisbon, first lesbian magazine in Portugal, 1991–1993?
  • Zona Livre – 1997

Romania

  • ENOLA – published by Accept, 2006–?

Russia

  • Pinx – 2006–present

Serbia

  • labris: Lezbejske novine – Belgrade, 1994–?
  • Novosadska Lezbejska Organizacija Newsletter – Novi Sad

Slovenia

  • Lesbo – Ljubljana, Magazine of Å KUC-LL Group, c. 1988

Spain

  • Caladona: Un espai de dones per a dones – Barcelona, Caladona, lesbian magazine in Catalan language, 1993–present
  • Laberint: revista de mujeros para mujeros – Barcelona, c. 1992–1994
  • Mujeres y Punto – Madrid, newsletter of CRECUL, Comité Reivindicativo Cultural de Lesbianas de Madrid
  • Sales: Revista Lesbica – Barcelona, Revista Sales
  • Towanda! Revista Lesbica – Zaragoza, 2002–?
  • MagLes Magazine – Barcelona, 2012–present

Sweden

  • Lesbisk Feministiska – Stockholm, c. 1984–1988
  • Lila perspektiv – Stockholm, c. 1981–1984

Switzerland

1930-1950

  • Freundschaftsbanner - Zurich, 1932-1942 (from 1937 as Menschenrecht, changed in 1942 to male-only Der Kreis)

1970–1980

  • Lesbenfront – Zurich, 1974–1985

1980–1990

  • CLIT 007 – lesbian feminist magazine, 1981-1986
  • Frau Ohne Herz – Zurich, 1985–1995
  • ELLA: Das Lesbenforum – Basel, 1985–1993?
  • ILIS Bulletin – Geneva, International Lesbian Information Service, Clit International, 1984–86

1990–2000

  • die – Lesbenzeitschrift aus der Schweiz, Zurich, 1996–2004
  • Ellas ketchup – Basel, 1993–?

2000–present

Turkey

Ukraine

  • Лесби Портал – lesbian feminist publication, 2018–present

United Kingdom

Prior to 1970

1970 to 1980

  • Lesbians Come Together – London, c. 1972
  • Medusa: Journal of the Bradford Lesbian Feminist Surrealist Group – c. 1978–?
  • Move – Bristol, c 1970s–?
  • Sappho – London, newsletter of the Southwark Lesbian Network; for lesbians only, 1971–?
  • Sequel: A Feminist Magazine for Isolated Lesbians – London, c. 1979
  • Zero: Anarcha-feminist Newsmagazine – London, 1978–?

1980 to 1990

  • Bristol Radical Lesbian Feminist Magazine 1986–1990
  • Camden Lesbian Centre Newsletter/ Camden Black Lesbian Group Newsletter – London, available in both print and cassette, 1987–1991
  • Diversion: Six issues produced 1986-1987
  • Gemma – London; lesbians with and without disabilities, all ages; available in print or on cassette, c.1980
  • Gossip: A Journal of Lesbian Feminist Ethics – London, for lesbians only; Onlywomen Press, c. 1986–?
  • Lesbian Information Service Newsletter – Leicester, available in both print and cassette, 1987–1989
  • Lesbian International – Leicester, for lesbians only, available in print and cassette, 1989–1990
  • Lesbian Archive and Information Centre Newsletter – London, Lesbian Archive and Information Centre (LAIC), c. 1985–?
  • Outwrite — London, 1982-1988
  • Quim Magazine: For Dykes of All Sexual Persuasions – London, 1989–1995, plus one issue in 2001
  • Spinster: Feminist Creative Work with an Emphasis on the Work of Lesbians – London, 1982–?

After 1990

  • The Axe – Bradford lesbian newsletter, 1996–1997
  • B.I.D (Behaviour, Identity, Desire) – online monthly magazine (99p subscription), November 2011
  • crAve – bi-monthly magazine, 2008–present
  • Diva – London, 1994–present
  • Dykenosis : the newsletter of LesBeWell - Birmingham, 1994–1998
  • G3 Magazine – London, free monthly national publication
  • Lesbian London – London, also released on cassette tape, 1992–1993
  • Lesbian Talk Issues – Scarlet Press, 1992–1996
  • Look out - Nottingham, Lesbian Centre, 1996-2015
  • Shebang – London, 1992–?
  • Velvet

Year unknown

  • Artemis: For Women who Love Women – London, magazine of the Artemis Club
  • Lesbian Zone – Manchester
  • Lesbians in Education – London
  • Lesbians in Libraries – England
  • Older Lesbians Network Newsletter – London

Wales / Cymru

  • Cardiff Women's Liberation Newsletter – Cardiff, "for wimmin only", c. 1970s–1980s
  • Older Lesbian Network Newsletter
  • Women Come Together: Swansea Women's Liberation Newsletter – Swansea, c. 1970s
  • WomenZone: Connecting lesbians across Wales – Swansea, c. 1990s

Oceania

New Zealand

1970 to 1980

  • Circle, later Lesbian Feminist Circle – Wellington, "for lesbians only", collectively produced 1973–1985
  • Spiral – literary and arts journal for women, founded in 1976 by Heather McPherson; the press also published Keri Hulme's Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People in 1984
  • Wellington Lesbian Network – Wellington, newsletter; for lesbians only, c. 1979–1999

1980 to 1990

  • Bitches, Witches, & Dykes – Auckland, 1980–1981
  • Glad Rag – Wellington – for lesbians only, c. 1983
  • Lesbians in Print (LIP) – Auckland, for women only, 1985–1991
  • Sapphic star – Auckland, c. 1989–1991
  • Tamaki Makaurau lesbian newsletter – Auckland, New Zealand, c. 1990–present'

After 1990

  • The Laughing Medusa – lesbian literary magazine, edited by Kedy Kristal and Takoel Akuni, c. 1991–1993

Australia

1970 to 1980

  • A. L. M. Newsletter – Melbourne, newsletter of the Australian Lesbian Movement, c. 1971
  • Blatant Lesbianism – Sydney, c. 1978–?
  • Patchwork newsletter – Brisbane, c. 1978?

1980 to 1990

  • Australian Lesbian Diary – Melbourne, c. 1987
  • Sage: the separatist age – Australia, lesbian separatist periodical; title was formerly Seps Down Under; "A cauldron of lesbian separatist thought dreams and visions", c. 1990–1992
  • S.E.P.S. Down Under (Newsletter of Separatists Eroding Patriarch Sincerely) – Waucope, c. 1989
  • Wicked Women (subtitled Dyke Decadence) – Australia – 1988–1996, 28 issues

1990 to 2000

  • Australian Asian Lesbian News – Sydney, c. 1991
  • Banshee – Melbourne, c. 1992
  • Dis-Ease – Sydney, c. 1993
  • Elam – Newcastle, newsletter of the Hunter Lesbian Group, c. 1998
  • Geelong Lesbian Group – Geelong, c. 1999–?
  • Hell Bent (Wicked Women Publications) Redfern, Sydney, c. 1991
  • Interlesbian – Melbourne, multi-cultural lesbian news, c. 1994
  • Journal of Australian Lesbian Feminist Studies – Haymarket, New South Wales, 1991–1995
  • Labrys – Melbourne, 1990–1992
  • Lesbian Network – Rozelle, Lesbian Network Collective, c. 1990s
  • Lesbians on the Loose – now LOTL – Darlinghurst, 1990–present
  • Lesbiana – Fitzroy, c. 1992
  • Lilac – Launceston, Tasmania, 1993–1996
  • olderdykes.org – Sydney, online magazine for lesbians over 40
  • Out Loud – Eltham, women's cultural magazine focussing on lesbian and feminist content, c. 1992–?
  • ShOut Newsletter – Melbourne, c. 1994
  • Suncoast Lesbian Information Press – Queensland, c. 1995–?
  • Women Out West – Perth, 1999–present, WOW

2000 to present

Year unknown

South America

Argentina

  • Cuaderno de existensia Lesbiana – (CEL) Argentina c. 1987
  • Fulanas – Argentina, 2000

Brazil

  • Chana com Chana – São Paulo, published by the Grupo de Ação Lésbica-Feminista, c.1979–1987
  • Femme
  • Rede Outro Olhar

Chile

  • Amazonas – Chile
  • Baruyera – Chile, Colectiva Lésbica Mafalda
  • Hilando Destinos – Chile, published by the Colectiva Lésbica feminista Moiras
  • Lazos – Chile
  • Montedevenus: Mujeres que aman Mujeres – online magazine
  • Rompiendo el Silencio

Peru

  • otro lado de la luna

North America

Canada

1970 to 1980

  • Dyke – Montreal, Quebec, 1977
  • Grapevine: Newsletter of the Lesbian Mother's Defence Fund – Toronto, Ontario, c. 1979–1883
  • Lesbian Canada Lesbienne – Halifax, Nova Scotia, published by the Atlantic Provinces Political Lesbians for Equality (APPLE), 1977/1978
  • Lesbian Feminists of Montreal Newsletter – Montreal, Quebec, published by the Lesbian Feminists of Montreal, 1977
  • Lesbian Organization of Toronto (L.O.O.T.) Newsletter – Toronto, Ontario, 1977–1980
  • Lesbian Perspective – Toronto, Ontario, published by the Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT), 1979–1980
  • Lesbians/lesbiennes – Toronto, Ontario, 1979–1981
  • Lesbomonde – Montreal, Quebec 1973–1974
  • London Lesbian Collective News – London, Ontario, published by the LCC, 1977–1978
  • Long Time Coming – Montreal, Quebec, published by Montreal Gay Women (originally women's committee of Gay McGill University), 1973–1976
  • The Other Woman – Toronto, Ontario, feminist and lesbian news magazine, 1972–?
  • Pedestal: Lesbian-Feminist Newspaper – Vancouver, B.C., 1975, women's liberation paper, reorganized briefly in 1975 as a lesbian feminist paper
  • Sisters Lightship – Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1978
  • Three of Cups – Toronto, Ontario, 1976–1978
  • Wages Due Lesbians – Toronto, Ontario, c. 1977–78
  • Waves: a Lesbian Feminist Newsletter – Victoria, BC, 1978–1979

1980 to 1990

  • Amazones d'Hier, Lesbiennes d'Aujourd'hui – Montreal, Quebec, for lesbians only, 1982-2013
  • Association of Women's Music and Culture – Toronto, published by Womynly Way Productions, c. 1989
  • Ça s'attrape!! – Montreal, Quebec, 1982-1984
  • Communique'Elles – 1980s
  • Diversity, the Lesbian Rag – Vancouver, B.C., published by the Diversity Collective 1988–1991
  • Flagrant – Vancouver, B.C., 1981–1984
  • Furie Lesbienne / Lesbian Fury – Ottawa, Ontario, for lesbians only, c. 1985–1995
  • KINESIS: news about women that's not in the dailies – Vancouver, British Columbia, published by the Vancouver Status of Women, a non-sectarian feminist voice covering some lesbian issues, c. 1980s/1990s
  • Lavender Sheets – Toronto, Ontario, published by the Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT), c. 1980
  • Lavender Times – Calgary, Alberta, project of the Calgary Womyn's Collective, 1987–?
  • Lesbian Newsletter – Regina, SK, c. 1985
  • LesbiaNews/LNews – Victoria, BC,1989–98
  • Les Sourcières – Montréal QC, 1980-1982
  • L'Évidente Lesbienne - Montréal, QC, 1984-1990
  • The Open Door: Rural Lesbian Newsletter – Burns Lake/Terrace, British Columbia/Nelson, B.C., 1983–1986
  • The Radical Reviewer – Vancouver, B.C., Lesbian Literary Collective magazine, 1980–1983
  • Treize! Revue Lesbienne – Montreal, Quebec, 1984–2005
  • Web of Crones – Vancouver, BC, 1986
  • Womonspace News: Our Voice in the Lesbian Community – Edmonton, Alberta, 1983–?
  • Zami Newsletter – Toronto, Ontario, c. 1987–88

1990 to 2000

  • Au-dela de l'invisibilite: le bulletin de la Collective Lesbienne – Ottawa, Ontario, published by the Collective Lesbienne, c. 1998
  • Chicklist: Proudly Peddling Chick Power, Pleasure and Polemic – Toronto, published by the Pink Triangle Press, c. 1997
  • Gazelle: le magazine des lesbiennes – Montreal, Quebec, 1992–?
  • Limbo: Lesbian Bi-Monthly Magazine – London, Ontario, published by Limbo, 1999
  • SamiYoni: a ioumal for lesbians of South Asian Descent – Toronto, 1993–1994
  • Sensible Shoes News: The Newsletter of Saskatchewan's Lesbian Communities – Regina, mid-1990s
  • Siren – Toronto, Ontario, "Irresistibly tempting, for lesbians", 1995–2004
  • Voices for Lesbian Survival: By and For Lesbians – Kenora, Ontario, published by the Voices Collective, c. 1995

After 2000

  • Femmes entre elles – Montreal, Quebec, 2002-2012.
  • No More Potlucks – Montreal, Quebec, ?–present (bilingual French/English online magazine)
  • QueeriesMag.com – Toronto, Ontario, 2010–present (online lifestyle magazine)
  • Sapho Magazine : Le magazine des lesbiennes de la Capitale, 2005-2012- Québec, Québec
  • Lez Spread the Word (LSTW) - Montréal, Quebec, 2016–present

Mexico

  • Amantes de la Luna – CIDHOM – Mexico City, 1994–?
  • Amazona – Mexico, published by Colectivo de Lesbianas del F H A R (Frente Homosexual de Accion Revolucionaria), c.1979 (Coordinadora Lesbica)
  • Del otro lado – magazine of Grupo de Madres Lesbianas 2, c. 1996
  • HIMEN Fanzine – Mexico City, published by Colectiva HIMEN
  • Les Voz, Mexico's lesbian feminist magazine- Mexico, 1994–present

United States

See also

Lesbian

LGBT

References

Sources

Books

Articles

  • Whitt, Jan. A "Labor from the Heart": Lesbian Magazines from 1947–1994, Journal of Lesbian Studies, vol5, Issue 1/2, Haworth Press, 2001

Footnotes

External links

Archival collections

Other

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Oceania