In addition, Ahmad al-Tifashi wrote a collection of stories, known as A Promenade of the Hearts, which included some poems on homosexual and lesbian themes. My Sally, My Tender, My Sweet Love lay beside me holding and supporting My Head till one o’clock,” reads Eleanor’s journal dated December 2, 1785. In the Eastern Bloc, although there were no standard laws regarding discrimination against gays and lesbians, self-expression was discouraged as it encouraged people toward actions that were outside the accepted norms of a harmonious socialist society. The best thing for me is that I have a real opportunity to influence everybody's behaviours, how we recruit, and who we recruit. But as her feelings for Thenjiwe (Sibongokuhle Nkosi) deepen, Nosepho must choose between fulfilling her duty and following her heart.

Hammon was only admonished, perhaps because she was under sixteen, [118] but in 1650 Norman was convicted and required to publicly acknowledge her "unchaste behavior" with Hammon. The question of Christina, Queen of Sweden's sexuality has been debated, but her relationships with women were noted during her lifetime.For example, under Emperor Cheng's rule (33 – 7 BC) the slave Dào Fáng (Chinese: 道房) had a homosexual relationship with Cáo Gōng (traditional Chinese: 曹宮; simplified Chinese: 曹宫), the daughter of a slave. Lesbian women who have identified themselves as "political lesbians" include Ti-Grace Atkinson, Julie Bindel, Charlotte Bunch, Yvonne Rainer, and Sheila Jeffreys. Lady Catherine Jones' decision not to marry, and her close relationships and cohabitation with women throughout her life and into her death, merit speculation that she was a lesbian. These riots are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement in the US, and one of the most important events in the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States. Based on the hit musical, Ryan Murphy’s first feature film since 2014’s The Normal Heart follows a group of down-on-their-luck Broadway actors (Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, and James Corden) who decide to revive their career with a little self-serving activism.

Some historians have gone so far as to argue that Sappho's circle were involved in female homosexuality as a kind of initiation ritual.Granted a pointedly small allowance by their families, the two ladies then set about "retiring" from society—forgoing the social circuit of their peers and dedicating themselves to learning, art, literature, and charity. Our goal is to create a safe space within the dating scene where everyone is welcome and can be themselves.

Her friend Leaena comments that "They say there are women like that in Lesbos, with faces like men, and unwilling to consort with men, but only with women, as though they themselves were men". The Kama Sutra mentions phallus-shaped bulbs, roots, and fruits as dildos used as dildos in lesbian sex, and also records cunnilingus between women. The Dream Book of the Carlsberg papyrus XIII claims that "If a woman dreams that a woman has intercourse with her, she will come to a bad end". Christina seems to have written passionate letters to Ebba Sparre, and Guilliet suggested a relationship between Christina and Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Rachel, a niece of Diego Teixeira, and the singer Angelina Giorgino. In the 1980s, the decade in which we were founded, 'lesbian' was a word that carried a lot of stigma.When Iphis' mother becomes pregnant, her husband declares that he will kill the child if it is a girl. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This collection contains donations of wearable ephemera from Pride events; Lesbian organizations; Feminist political/activist campaigns; art installations; independent, Lesbian-owned businesses; film; TV; and literature. Halle Berry’s directorial debut stars Berry as Jackie “Pretty Bull” Justice, a former UFC competitor who has left her fighting days behind her—only to get drawn back into the ring several years later. Many activists in the 21st century have attempted to create more visibility for lesbian history and the activists that brought it to light.

In another dialogue ascribed to Lucian, two men debate over which is better, male love or heterosexuality.Only among the less respectable members of society does it seem that there was any sort of a lesbian subculture. With her girlfriend and business partner Fran’s (Eiza Gonzalez) help, con artist Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) makes her living convincing the courts to grant her guardianship over elders whom she then swindles for all they’re worth—that is, until she runs afoul of her latest mark’s son: crime lord Roman Lunyov (Peter Dinklage). From our review: “The underlying skeleton of the story, is a sci-fi action-thriller, but the meat and heart of Threadbare lie in the characters of Vick and Kelly, and the dynamic relationship between them. She bears a girl and attempts to conceal her sex by giving her a name that is of ambiguous gender: Iphis.