"In search of community": Debate and solidarity in Victoria's lesbian-feminist newsletter LesbiaNews, 1989-1996
| dc.contributor.author | Lancaster, Kendra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-04-24T19:00:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-04-24T19:00:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026 | |
| dc.description.abstract | LesbiaNews was a lesbian-feminist print newsletter launched in Victoria, B.C. in 1989. The newsletter was volunteer-run and produced to "provide a supportive forum for Victoria lesbians." LesbiaNews was a crucial site for debate, community formation, and a literary tradition of lesbian historical self-documentation. Over the course of seven years, contributors were deeply devoted to understanding what community meant to them. LesbiaNews demonstrates that a forum encouraging generative debates enabled the consultation of diverse viewpoints and served to strengthen the community as a whole. The newsletter functioned as both a reflection of and a forum for local lesbians. Through its editorials, letters to the editor, classifieds, and cultural coverage, this thesis reveals that through LesbiaNews, lesbians in Victoria simultaneously negotiated and produced community during a period shaped by lesbian-feminism, the sex wars, censorship debates, and increasing queer visibility. | |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Undergraduate | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/23717 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Victoria | |
| dc.subject | lesbian | |
| dc.subject | lesbian-feminism | |
| dc.subject | print literature | |
| dc.subject | Victoria | |
| dc.subject | Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) | |
| dc.subject.department | Department of History | |
| dc.title | "In search of community": Debate and solidarity in Victoria's lesbian-feminist newsletter LesbiaNews, 1989-1996 | |
| dc.type | Poster |