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Today’s show: “Feminists to Feministas: Women of Color in Prints and Posters” is on view at the GLBT History Museum in the Castro District of San Francisco through Monday, July 4. The exhibition, curated by Amy Sueyoshi and Lisbet Tellefsen, presents 29 prints culled from the GLBT Historical Society’s poster collection that focus on women of color and were produced between the 1970s and 1990s.
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Dyke Action Machine, Do you love the Dyke in Your Life, 1993:
"Public art project Dyke Action Machine (DAM!) created this poster campaign in response to a Calvin Klein ad. The prominent presence of women of color signals the legacy of lesbian feminists’ efforts at racial inclusion as well as widening recognition of the critical way in which women of color contribute to the new queer aesthetic."
COURTESY GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SAN FRANCISCO
Gente, We Support Gente, ca. 1974:
"Gente first formed as an indigenous and women of color softball team that played in the lesbian bar league. They organized politically, raised funds, and issued collective statements in support of the lesbian of color community."
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Becoming Visible, 1980:
"This first Black lesbian conference hosted 250 women from 10 states at the historic Women’s Building to advocate for racial, economic, sexual, and political equality. Angela Davis and Pat Norman presented as keynote speakers."
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Virginia Atkin, Naked female figure menstruating, ca. 1975.
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Anonymous, Sisterhood is Powerful, 1974.
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Women’s Graphic Collective, Sisterhood is Blooming, 1972:
"Early feminist posters such this one by the Chicago Women’s Graphic Collective were made by a group of artists rather than an individual to distinguish itself from the male dominated Western art world. The collective began in 1970 to create posters specifically for the burgeoning Women’s Liberation movement."
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Fight Attacks Against Women, 1977:
"The National Women’s Conference held in 1977 in Houston, was the first national feminist conference since Seneca Falls in 1848. Considered the zenith in US second wave feminism, the conference gathered 20,000 remarkably diverse participants. More than a third
of delegates were women of color and sixty openly identified as lesbian."
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BurLEZk, Pepper, 1985:
“ 'Pepper" regularly performed at BurLEZk, that supporters call the first and longest running 'real lesbian' striptease show."
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