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| + | |image=[[Lesbian Herstory Archives logo.png]]|caption=The logo for the Lesbian Herstory Archives website|full=<!-- Fill out IF the name differs from the page title. -->|abbreviation=<!-- Fill out IF the name differs from the page title. -->|founder=<!-- In case of multiple people, use asterisks. -->|begin=1974|end=|headquarters=New York, NY|location=484 14th Street, Brooklyn|notablemembers=<!-- In case of multiple people, use asterisks. -->|purpose=To collect and archive books, recordings, and other materials by and about lesbians and lesbian communities.|method=<!-- In case of multiple methods, use asterisks. -->|affiliation=<!-- In case of multiple affiliations, use asterisks. -->|media=|name=Lesbian Herstory Archives}}The '''Lesbian Herstory Archives''' are archives of information, ranges from books, recordings, and other forms of media, that were written by and are about [[Lesbian|lesbians]] and their communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lesbianherstoryarchives.org/|title=Home - Lesbian Herstory Archives|archivedate=20220812083617}}</ref> The archives' formal name is "The Archives and The Lesbian Herstory Educational Foundation, Inc.".<ref name="NYC LGBT Historic Sites">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/lesbian-herstory-archives/|title=Lesbian Herstory Archives|publisher=NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project|archivedate=20220430105822}}</ref> |
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| − | Hi, I'm Yuri/Vinni :D |
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| + | ==History== |
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| + | Joan Nestle, who would go on to become a founding member of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, had founded the Gay Academic Union (GAU) in 1972 along with other gay men and women who had studied or worked at the City University of New York.<ref name="LHA About">{{Cite web|url=https://lesbianherstoryarchives.org/about/a-brief-history/|title=Our Herstory - Lesbian Herstory Archives|archivedate=20220614132104}}</ref> The group was mostly focused on "representing the concerns of Lesbian and gay students, teachers and workers".<ref name="LHA About" /> |
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| + | Later on, many of the women who were a part of GAU wanted to discuss sexism in the organization and other topics in separate meetings spaces away from GAU. One such splinter group included Nestle and another woman named Deborah Edel. During one particular meeting of their group sometime in 1974, Nestle and Julia Stanley discussed how difficult it was to archive and track literature and media related to lesbians and lesbian culture.<ref name="LHA About" /> Other founding members, including Edel, Sahli Cavallaro and Pamela Oline, joined Nestle and Stanley to create "a grassroots Lesbian archives".<ref name="LHA About" /> |
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| − | (Possibly have a traumatic disorder) |
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| + | Thus, the Lesbian Herstory Archives was formally founded in 1974.<ref name="NYC LGBT Historic Sites" /><ref name="LHA About" /><ref name="Autostraddle">{{Cite web|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/the-lesbian-herstory-archives-a-constant-affirmation-that-you-exist-139931/|title=The Lesbian Herstory Archives: A Constant Affirmation That You Exist|author=Vanessa|date=2012-06-19|publisher=Autostraddle|archivedate=20210928054731}}</ref> The archives were originally kept in Nestle's own apartment in upper Manhattan,<ref name="LHA About" /><ref name="Autostraddle" /> before eventually being moved to its current location in Brooklyn.<ref name="NYC LGBT Historic Sites" /><ref name="LHA About" /><ref name="Autostraddle" /> |
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| − | == Pronouns == |
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| − | She/He/They |
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| + | At the beginning, the archives consisted mostly of short journals, until it grew in 1991 to include over 200 letters, diaries, and papers, thousands of informational files on individual lesbians and lesbian organizations (such as the [[Daughters of Bilitis]]), over 6000 books related to lesbians, such as anthologies, pulp novels, and even medical texts, 1300 periodical titles including various newsletters, 12,000 photographs, hundreds of flyers, posters, graphics and other lesbian art, numerous pieces of oral history which were recorded on both audio and video tapes, as well as objects such as buttons, jackets, postcards, t-shirts, stickers, and other "living artifacts" of lesbian culture.<ref name="Thistlehwaite">{{Cite web|url=https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1099&context=gc_pubs|title=The Lesbian Herstory Archives|author=Thistlethwaite, Polly|date=1991|archivedate=20200318143123}}</ref> |
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| − | Ze/Hir & Ae/Aer (neos) |
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| + | Today, the archive has grown even further since then. It of course includes newer books, articles, and photographs, as well as things like CDs, DVDs, slides, manuscripts, and much more.<ref name="LHA Collections">{{Cite web|url=https://lesbianherstoryarchives.org/collections/|title=Collections - Lesbian Herstory Archives|archivedate=20220614133337}}</ref> Most of the archives, both in the past and in modern times, were voluntarily donated by lesbians from around the world.<ref name="Thistlehwaite" /><ref name="LHA Collections" /> |
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| − | == I am...== |
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| − | Aromantic (Cupio) |
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| + | In recent times, there have been efforts to digitize at least part of the archives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dcmny.org/content/lesbian-herstory-archives|title=Lesbian Herstory Archives, Digital Culture|publisher=Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York|archivedate=20220331074451}}</ref><ref name="Audio/Visual">{{Cite web|url=http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/|title=Lesbian Herstory Archives Audio/Visual Collections|publisher=Lesbian Herstory Archives|archivedate=20220717220634}}</ref> So far, this effort includes over 3,000 audio cassettes and 950 videotapes that have been digitized and made accessible online.<ref name="Audio/Visual" /> |
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| − | Bisexual |
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| + | ==Trivia== |
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| − | Genderfluid |
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| + | *Included in the archives is the entire library of the [[Daughters of Bilitis]]' New York chapter.<ref name="NYC LGBT Historic Sites" /> |
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| + | ==Resources== |
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| − | == more facts about me == |
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| + | *[https://lesbianherstoryarchives.org/ The Lesbian Herstory Archives website] |
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| + | ==References== |
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| − | # I was assigned male at birth |
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| + | <references /> |
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| − | # I am artemisian (fluid between gender presentations) |
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| + | [[Category:Organization]] |
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| − | # I do have xenogenders but due to my safety, I won't tell. |
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| − | # i'm pronounfluid as well :D |
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| − | # I'm agnostic but I respect religions |
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| − | # I am mono-poly <3 |
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| − | # questioning if I should join a religion or stay in christianity |
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| − | == Views == |
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| − | "opinions on capitalism?" eh. |
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| − | "endogenic systems?" honestly, I have mixed opinions. I feel like they're somewhat appropriating DID/OSDD/UDD terms but at the same time I really try to be as respectful as possible and try to understand them. Basically, I'm not pro-endo but I'm not anti-endo as well. |
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| − | "truscum or tucute?" Transmedicalism is toxic asf so I'm a tucute lol |
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| − | "BaB or BoTB?" BoTB! (Bisexuals of the blade) |
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| − | == people I hate == |
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| − | # Bigots (duh) |
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| − | # Pinkwashers/Pink Capitalists (stop pinkwashing, weirdos.) |
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| − | # Fakeclaimers and/or people who fake disorders (both of these are bad) |
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| − | # Truscums (stop gatekeeping transgenderism, y'all ain't no leaders of a pack) |
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| − | # TERFS (stop excluding trans women and fetishizing trans men) |
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| − | # Battle axe bisexuals (y'all pathetic, stop harassing pan & omni people and stfu) |
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| − | # Fetishizers (y'all are ew) |
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| − | # Fascists/Nazis (gtfo away from me) |
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| − | # people who have disgusting/disrespectful neopronouns (ex: poop/poopself, cvm/cvmself, p1ss/p1sself. allah/allahself) (you ain't funny) |
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| − | # people who have offensive xenogenders (you're not funny) |
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| − | # OT8 Kep1er "fans" (anyways, stan Bahiyyih) |
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| − | # OT4 "reveluvs" (stop excluding Yeri, y'all are a pain) |
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| − | # superstraights (no, you're super unfunny and super mid) |
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| − | # people who say "not all men" or any other variation of that to a trauma survivor (y'all annoying, stop saying that) |
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| − | # kpop stans who don't hold accountable of their faves (what they did was wrong..) |
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| − | # semi "bisexuals" (just say you're gay/hetero stop tryna be special) |
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| − | == Things that trigger/annoy me == |
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| − | # bigots (duh) |
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| − | # abuse/bullying (I hate my trauma) |
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| − | # Eating Disorders (mostly Bulimia) |
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| − | # people who make "vomiting noises" (I have emetophobia, so stop.) |
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| − | # vomit (again, same as #4, I have emetophobia) |
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| − | # people who are "sus" with their friends yet be homophobic (you ain't straight, you're a fa- *beep*) |
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| − | # bigoted LGBT (stop excluding people out of the LGBT) |
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Revision as of 17:38, 31 May 2023
The Lesbian Herstory Archives are archives of information, ranges from books, recordings, and other forms of media, that were written by and are about lesbians and their communities.[1] The archives' formal name is "The Archives and The Lesbian Herstory Educational Foundation, Inc.".[2]
History
Joan Nestle, who would go on to become a founding member of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, had founded the Gay Academic Union (GAU) in 1972 along with other gay men and women who had studied or worked at the City University of New York.[3] The group was mostly focused on "representing the concerns of Lesbian and gay students, teachers and workers".[3]
Later on, many of the women who were a part of GAU wanted to discuss sexism in the organization and other topics in separate meetings spaces away from GAU. One such splinter group included Nestle and another woman named Deborah Edel. During one particular meeting of their group sometime in 1974, Nestle and Julia Stanley discussed how difficult it was to archive and track literature and media related to lesbians and lesbian culture.[3] Other founding members, including Edel, Sahli Cavallaro and Pamela Oline, joined Nestle and Stanley to create "a grassroots Lesbian archives".[3]
Thus, the Lesbian Herstory Archives was formally founded in 1974.[2][3][4] The archives were originally kept in Nestle's own apartment in upper Manhattan,[3][4] before eventually being moved to its current location in Brooklyn.[2][3][4]
At the beginning, the archives consisted mostly of short journals, until it grew in 1991 to include over 200 letters, diaries, and papers, thousands of informational files on individual lesbians and lesbian organizations (such as the Daughters of Bilitis), over 6000 books related to lesbians, such as anthologies, pulp novels, and even medical texts, 1300 periodical titles including various newsletters, 12,000 photographs, hundreds of flyers, posters, graphics and other lesbian art, numerous pieces of oral history which were recorded on both audio and video tapes, as well as objects such as buttons, jackets, postcards, t-shirts, stickers, and other "living artifacts" of lesbian culture.[5]
Today, the archive has grown even further since then. It of course includes newer books, articles, and photographs, as well as things like CDs, DVDs, slides, manuscripts, and much more.[6] Most of the archives, both in the past and in modern times, were voluntarily donated by lesbians from around the world.[5][6]
In recent times, there have been efforts to digitize at least part of the archives.[7][8] So far, this effort includes over 3,000 audio cassettes and 950 videotapes that have been digitized and made accessible online.[8]
Trivia
- Included in the archives is the entire library of the Daughters of Bilitis' New York chapter.[2]
Resources
References
- ↑ "Home - Lesbian Herstory Archives" on lesbianherstoryarchives.org (Archived on August 12, 2022).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Lesbian Herstory Archives" on nyclgbtsites.org. Published by NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project (Archived on April 30, 2022).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Our Herstory - Lesbian Herstory Archives" on lesbianherstoryarchives.org (Archived on June 14, 2022).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The Lesbian Herstory Archives: A Constant Affirmation That You Exist" by Vanessa on autostraddle.com. Published 2012-06-19 by Autostraddle (Archived on September 28, 2021).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Lesbian Herstory Archives" by Thistlethwaite, Polly on academicworks.cuny.edu. Published 1991 (Archived on March 18, 2020).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Collections - Lesbian Herstory Archives" on lesbianherstoryarchives.org (Archived on June 14, 2022).
- ↑ "Lesbian Herstory Archives, Digital Culture" on dcmny.org. Published by Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York (Archived on March 31, 2022).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Lesbian Herstory Archives Audio/Visual Collections" on herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc. Published by Lesbian Herstory Archives (Archived on July 17, 2022).