1960s 'pulp fiction' spurred LGBTQ rights

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1960s 'pulp fiction' spurred LGBTQ rights

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Feb 10, 2023

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While a young housewife and mom in the 1950s and ’60s, Ann Bannon wrote lusty lesbian love stories. Scorned by the literary elite then, her and other authors’ “pulp fiction” paperbacks helped advance queer rights and now offer a glimpse of gay and lesbian life in those times.

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Feb 10, 2023

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Queer histories, herstories, personalities and issues are explored with humor, insight, and sensitivity each week on Out in the Bay. Out in the Bay ended production December of 2015, but its website and podcast feed continues to house many past programs.

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1960s 'pulp fiction' spurred LGBTQ rights

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