Lancaster, Kendra2026-04-242026-04-242026https://hdl.handle.net/1828/23717LesbiaNews 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.enlesbianlesbian-feminismprint literatureVictoriaJamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)PosterDepartment of History