bilmfor6( f i m m SAN FRANCISCO DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS X.. restatement of Purpose

...a iiwinen''s organization to aid the Lesbian in discovering her place in society and to educate society to ^understand and accept her, without prejudice, and ... SISTERS 1. To jencourage and stq)port the Lesbian in VDUWE VI her search for her social, econonic, personal, interpersonal and vocational identity within Number 'S, ^ society by maintaining and building a library Final issue on the themes of homosexuality and vromen; by providing social functions %diere she can communi­ DOB BQAtp M B 6 ERS cate with others euid expand her social world out­ side the bar scene; and by providing an organized President ...... Melinda Guyol structure through which she can work to change Vice President ...... society's limitations upon her lifestyles; by Treasurer ...... Helen Ruvelas providing a forum for the interchange of ideas Recording Secretary . . . .Jill Gribin and constructive solutions to women's problems. Corresponding Secretaries . Beckie Harvey, Arza Ralph and Joanne 2. To educate the public to accept and Sisters Coordinator .... Liane Esstelle understand the Lesbiem as an individual, thereby Speakers Bureau ...... leading to the breakdown of taboos, prejudices, Office Manager ...... Wendy Hayes and limitations on her lifestyle by sponsoring Volunteer Coordinators . . Gail McLaughlin public disc\issions; by providing individuals as and Diann Sullivan speakers and participants in various forums de­ signed to educate the public; by disseminating educational and rational literature on the Lesbian.

3. To encourage, st^port and paurtlclpate In responsible research dealing with homosexuality. 4. To investigate the penal code and to pro­ mote changes, in order to provide equitable hand­ ling of cases involving homosexuals, with due process of law euid without prejudice. TO SAY AND BELIEVE THAT GAY IS GOOD

SAN FRANCISCO DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, AN AFFILIATE OF SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS

SAN FRANCISœ, CALIFORNIA RMlOS SAN FRANCISCO DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS

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...a women's organization to aid the Lesbian in discovering her place in society and to educate society to understand and accept her, without prejudice, and ... SiSTSnS « Atywsim jy W A t é«)r|flMv 1. To encourage and siq>port the Lesbian in voLurt VI her search for her social, economic, personal, interpersonal and vocational identity within Number 2 - society by maintaining and building a library Final issue on the themes of homosexuality and women; by providing social functions where she can communi­ OOB BOARD ^ e e E R S cate with others and expand her social world out­ side the bar scene; and by providing an organized President ...... Melinda Guyol structure through which she can work to change Vice President ...... society's limitations upon her lifestyles; by Treasurer ...... Helen Ruvelas providing a forum for the interchange of ideas Recording Secretary . . . .Jill Gribin amd constructive solutions to wnnen's problems. Corresponding Secretaries . Beckie Harvey, 2. To educate the public to accept and Arza Ralph and Joanne understand the Lesbian as an individual, thereby Sisters Coordinator .... Liane Esstelle leading to the breeücdown of taboos, prejudices, Speakers Bureau ...... Office Manager ...... Wendy Hayes and limitations on her lifestyle by sponsoring Volunteer Coordinators . . Gail McLaughlin public discussions; by providing individvials as and Diauin Sullivan speakers amd participants in various forums de­ signed to educate thé public; by disseminating educational and rational literature on the Lesbian.

3. To encourage, support and participate in responsible research dealing with homosexuality. 4. To investigate the penal code and to pro­ mote chemges, in order to provide equitable hand­ ling of cases involving homosexuals, with due process of law and without prejudice. TO SAY AND BELIEVE THAT GAY IS GOOD

SAN FRANCISCO DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, AN AFFILIATE OF SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS é>5 6 rac/y J^èrcct SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94103 NCfTES ON THE DEMISE OF s i s t e r s CONTENTS Dear Subscribers:

I am very sorry to report Notes on the Demise of S i s t e r s ...... 3 that the energy crisis at ...And Notes on the Revitalization of DOB . 5 Sisters has reached the worst possible conclusion: we are Lesbian Writers Conference ...... 6 forced to cease publication. ALICE d o e s n 't : ...... 7 Poetry Section ...... 8 We— the board iiembers of San Francisco Daughters About the Questionnaire ...... 16 of Bilitis— came to the realization last month that we were sapping energy from other areas by contin­ An Address to Alcoholic Lesbians by uing to try keeping Sisters afloat. Liane Esstelle, A Drunken D y k e ...... 18 vrtio did such a fine job of turning Sisters out for Lesbian and Gay Periodicals, A Partial a year and a half, decided she needed time for her­ L i s t i n g ...... 26 self and could no longer put out the magazine. She Where It's At, a List of Lesbian Groups did a really beautiful, thoughtful job on Sisters From The Lesbian T i d e ...... 29 and we appreciated her efforts more than she knew!

When the time came for scmieone else to take over Liane's job, there was no one willing or able to devote that kind of time and energy to the SISTERS magazine 1975 by Daughters of magazine. So we made the painful decision to stop Bilitis, San Francisco. Reproduction with publishing Sisters so that we might put more energy permission of the SFEXDB Board Members. into the DOB office and correspondence.

We want to be as fair as possible to our faithful readers in this closing process. Toward that end we have come up with the following alternatives M)ed^ & for you to choose from: [Oct. 29^1 7) 1. The Ladder - back issues of Sisters 1975 predecessor, Dow collector's items. Number of issues to be determined by the time remaining on your subs­ cription. Fine collections of short stories, poetry and articles. 2. The Lesbian Tide - an introductory copy of the feminist lesbian publi­ cation (bi-monthly) "written by and On Monday, August 18th a meeting was held at for the rising tide of women today." DOB to discuss the continuing lack of energy that The Tide has a special ertphasis on has been threatening to close us down. About current happenings involving lesbians. twenty interested women attended, and gave their views on DOB's past, current and possible future 3. We will pro-rate the amount due on situation. There was general concensus that we your subscription and return that need a new face: for whatever reason community money to you. opinion seems to be that DOB is old hat, and it is not responsive as an organization to the needs Or of the lesbian community.

4. Save us $ and donate the remainder Half a dozen of the women who brought ideas to of your subscription to help pay the meeting also brought an interest in putting the rent at our Market Street office! energy into several different kinds of projects, including : Please choose one of the above and return the form below to us no later than September 30, 1975. - The conpilation of a list of (If we don't hear from you by that date, we'll resources available to lesbians assume you have donated your subscription-remainder across the nation; Thanks very much to you v^o dol) - Fund raising;

Clip and mail to 1005 Market Street, #404, San - Political activism— particularly Francisco, CA 94103; mail by September 15th. in issues affecting lesbian civil rights; and My choice is : 1. The Ladder (circle one) - Correspondence with women new to 2. The Lesbian Tide lesbianism.

3. Pro-rated remainder. There will be another meeting for all interest­ ed women on Saturday, September 6th at 1 pm at Name: DOB, and a third meeting in September, time and 1 date to be arranged. Come and help restructure Street: LOBt If you CeUi put in any time at all, contact DOB (861-8689), leave your name and number, and City: State : we'll let you know when the next meeting is. Or call any Monday night when the office is open, Zip: 6 pm to 9 pm (except Labor Day), and find out where you can plug in to DOB activities. JUUedoestA! DOB can only be responsive to your needs if your needs are expressed. So join us soon, let ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1975 us know your needs, and help us meet them. ALICE DOESN'T ......

“ work in or out of the home. Alice walks $ $ ? off the job! ° spend ani) money on Strike Day. Alice with­ holds all monetary support of the System— LESBIAN WRITERS CONFERENCE no grocery or retail buying, no payment for services or transportation. The 1975 Lesbian Writers Conference will be held in Chicago on September 19, 20 and 21 at the volunteer. anythingI First Unitarian Church, 5550 South Woodlawn. Donation requested for the entire weekend is $5. ° play political football. Alice withdraws For further information or reservations, please support of non-feminist parties, candidates contact Marie Kuc3a, WOMANPRESS, P.O. Box 59330, and issues. Chicago, IL 60645. ® parent or babysit on Strike Day. ° support the image of women prcanoted by the Friday, September 19 - Registration at 7 pm. media. Alice is beautiful! At 8 pm talk by Gene Damon. ® support non-feminist, "traditional" insti­ Saturday, September 20 - 9:30 am to 5 pm, and tutions, including businesses, government 7 pm to 10 pm. Workshops and panel discussions churches, imions and other organizations. on Poetry, Layout and Design, Article Writing, Self-Publishing - a Practical Alternative?, ALICE D O E S ...... what pleases Alice and Distribution, Criticism, Song Writing and others. satisfies her needs and her right to be free and happy1 Get together everywhere with the Sunday, September 21 - Noon to ? Conference par­ women in your life to rap, commune, celebrate ticipants will read and perform their own works. IN s i s t e r h o o d : Works will be selected for inclusion in an antho­ logy of Conference material to be published by For further information on ALICE DOESN'T . , . WOMANPRESS early in 1976. write P.O. Box 6792, San Jose, CA 95150 (The San Jose N.O.W. chapter is organizing 0 0 0 the General Strike effort; the above infor­ + + + mation was adapted from a N.O.W. pamphlet.)

§pon§tned trjf tiOMi lUUe d o e s f f t ! DOB can only be responsive to your needs if your needs are expressed. So join us soon, let ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1975 us knew your needs, and help us meet them. ALICE DOESN'T ......

0 0 0 work in or out of the home. Alice walks + + + off the jobl spend any money on Strike Day. Alice with­ LESBIAN WRITERS CONFERENCE holds all monetary support of the System no grocery or retail buying, no payment The 1975 Lesbian Writers Conference will be held for services or transportation. in Chicago on September 19, 20 and 21 at the ° volunteer. anythingI First Unitarian Church, 5650 South Woodlawn. Donation requested for the entire weekend is $5. ® play political football. Alice withdraws For further information or reservations, please support of non-feminist parties, candidates contact Marie Kuda, WOMANPRESS, P.O. Box 59330, and issues. Chicago, IL 60645. ° parent or babysit on Strike Day.

Friday, September 19 - Registration at 7 pm. ° support the image of women promoted by the At 8 pm talk by Gene Damon. media. Alice is beautifull ° support non-feminist, "traditional" insti­ Saturday, September 20 - 9:30 am to 5 pm, and tutions, including businesses, government 7 pm to 10 pm. Workshops and panel discussions churches, vinions and other organizations. on Poetry, Layout and Design, Article Writing, Self-Publishing - a Practical Alternative?, ALICE D O E S ...... what pleases Alice and Distribution, Criticism, Song Writing and others. satisfies her needs and her right to be free and happy! Get together everywhere with the Sunday, September 21 - Noon to ? Conference par­ women in your life to rap, commune, celebrate ticipants will read and perform their own works. IN SISTERHOOD'. Works will be selected for inclusion in an antho­ logy of Conference material to be published by For further information on ALICE DOESN'T . . . WOMANPRESS early in 1976. write P.O. Box 6792, San Jose, CA 95150 (The San Jose N.O.W. chapter is organizing 0 0 0 + + + the General Strike effort; the above infor­ mation was adapted from a N.O.W. pamphlet.)

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Shotgun, Ramrod, hot rod woman They finally captured my mother Marching down a long hall Love me In the road Left-foot-first And -naked Here in the hospital Let me give you eons of We march down a private hall my essence In our minds Discussing poetry And nakedness She is a poet for all time 1 Locked in with herself She can not get out And leave me to remember And she can not write always She is my mother:

That my next moments with you Why, Ellen, there Is a young girl here Like you She is only Twelve Poor thing She cut Her wrists with razors Tried Are to be precious To soak out her life in a hot Sink They found her first irreversible Thank God Ellen, dear, see lovely That woman in the black Coat? Last week she fell and the only love i want On the floor by me I could not Touch her She was touched only from you By God A white prayer only to you Ran from her mouth only with you That young woman keeps good Scotch under her dress Takes Kiss me once Out the bottle at night Everything it is enough Happens at night in this place Ellen, Darling, that man had shock treatments Last night I could hear him scream In my dreams I saw a red spider Pepe Fearn On his eye His wife took him April 1975 Home for Sunday dinner Monday He wet his pants in the hall In a poem, Ellen, write about the I tried to write a poem for him Long March in the Dark But I can not write The long steps of the soul I can not write anymore We read Your poems must always start About him in the paper He raped Left-foot-first And killed two young boys He is going Always But, remember, To prison tomorrow I can mot help Deax I can not help you Him and I can not help myself Ellen, I can’t even help At night I lie awake listening for my Myself Own screams They will not come No one can help me I am another Mother took off all her Mad Poet Running away from my Clothes that night That was all Poems My mind is exploding She had She could not write In all the wrong ways My library Because she could not take off Is here and I have invited one Her life She never understood Young girl to my workshop That poetry is a prison and no one First, we will discuss Pain Gets out. I know who you are but I can't feel Ellen Rievman Your pain I can not help you I can only tell you How to write a poem About this place:

Why, every night the pacing Adrienne sings. Begins We try to go outside Plays a lute while sitting Of ourselves Inside we are crying Poems and we can not live this way upon antique grass. For long We pace the long hall She is gentle. In fours Left-foot-first But the emerald afternoons We march past Jesus Trapped on the wall Past the old I spent with her Ones strapped to their beds Pcist Old Laughing Sam, who sits in his cwn were really nights. Vomit He will choke to death The lute is a guitar One day And we will choke to death On our own fears Past failure and the grass is new. And tears Past feeling and pain I saw her in the park one day Past hurting I will never hurt laughing with friends. Anyone I will never Hurt you and I will never Illusion is sweet. Write I will only march Naked at night That will never And Adrienne sings. Hurt anyone Write about that - Sebrena Forrest I laugh to myself ONE WOMAN'S MADNESS a crazy woman laugh it's going to be alright Mine is madness as long as you stay jealously guarded good and damned MAD. a crocheted womb - - Angelina DiSanto with a one-way view.

Mine is a shrewd, calculated madness, not a wasting, involuntary, involutional thing.

Mine is madness, jealously guarded a howling-at-the-moon, talking-to-herself bad-dyke madness taking-care-of-bus ines s any man be damned madness making every moment count death-be-fucked madness.

One woman alone crazy not getting undersigned co-opted or sponsored crazy healthy selfish crazy looking at rude atten^ts of the world's peering saneness poking, drilling, inspecting investigating rape-analysis ■ I » I I am not going to theorize about the "causes" of lesbianism (I don't care whether or not there is ABOJi Tl£ QlfSTIMIRE such a thing) or present any new hypothesis about human sexuality. The book will be about sex fan­ This article is about the Lesbian Sexuality tasies, mastuibation, conmunication between part­ ners, sex and aging, different kinds of relation­ Questionnaire enclosed with this copy of Sisters. It is also about the book I am writing in connec­ ships, how to take care of your genitals, sex tion with the questionnaire. techniques, anatony— some things you could find in any book for straight people; some of it pertinent I am one of three lesbian volunteers at San only to us. Francisco Sex Information. SFSI is a free tele­ phone information service which answers questions The questionnaire is being circulated to give about human sexuality and also makes referrals to j' me more information about other lesbians. I need counselors, sex therapy and sex education resources. to know what we like about our sexuality, what I also lead a class with another gay woman, a dis­ things bother us, and what we need more information cussion group about our sexuality for lesbians. about. Filling out the questionnaire is also a chance for you to get in touch with your own sexual I am putting together a book of information experience. about sex for gay women because there is so little material on sexuality that is relevant to our If you feel good about helping me with my pro­ needs. There is only one book I know of, an ex­ ject, I would appreciate your answering the ques­ cellent one entitled Loving Women, by the Nomadic tionnaire. I am especially interested in any Sisters (see Book Review, last issue of Sisters.) personal thoughts, feelings, or experiences you Everything else includes us as a small chapter in would like to share. the back of the book. In order to get the infor­ I am not sure vriien the book will come out. mation we need, we have to wade through a lot of When it does, it will be distributed through the heterosexual language (any couple spoken of is lesbian community, not the straight media. assumed to be a man and a woman, the illustrations are all heterosexual, and they use "intercourse" as a synonym for "all sexual activity") . We may I will be happy to answer any questions about have to ignore biased or incorrect statements my research or the book. Thank you for taking about o\ir lifestyle. the time to learn more about vrtiat I am doing.

The book is not being written for a degree. -Pat Hardman I am not a doctor, therapist, or psychiatrist. Because I am not a professional, some people may 9??9?? • ????99?^?9?? ■ ??99?^?^^9^?9?^??9?' feel I am not queilified td do this research. My ■ * ■ II I I iiiii feeling is that most so-cMled professionals have a very negative and limited view of lesbianism. AN ADDRESS TO ALCOHOLIC LESBIANS BY A I want to write to you because I have stood rubbing the bruises of a night of unconscious DRUNKEN DYKE accident. I have artfully questicxied my lover each morning to learn, without exposing my ignor­ ance, of the previous evening's events. I have (Reprinted with thanks to Lesbian Connection, learned to be silent about the accusations that pulxlished by the Ambitious Amazons. See the end came, from my mouth and heart while my mind was out. of this article for further information.) By ’the grace of Isis and of myself I am standing on the other side at the moment, and see what you By way of presenting my credentials, I refer cannot imagine. you to the quiz aired on television and radio, spciisored by an appropriate agency, which offers Like,you I passed for sober, kept my hours ten questions, answered siit®)ly yes or no. Three straight and drank quietly in the privacy of my or more affirmative responses indicates a drinking home. I smoked marijuana and drank bottles of problem of some significant dimension. I have wine, effectively "curing" my insomnia. Few been able to answer nine of ten questions with a people, few intimate friends, ever suspected I slurred yes and only my enployment status prevents visited j|^viiquor store every day (Joe's on Tuesday, me from earning a richly deserved score of 100. 5th AvenUfe on Wednesday, the Bottle Shop on Thurs­ All of which is to say, yes— I drink to uncon­ day, Murphy's on Friday). I was easily as clever sciousness, yes— I do not remember vdiole evenings or as you. Women marveled at my capacity,'but twelve nights as a consequence of drinking, yes I drink cans of beer in twelve hours is nothing, is it? consistently more than’my "limit. We drink excessively because we are unhappy. I write this piece not for the lovers and We are unhappy because circumstance pushes us friends of the problem drinker but to those of you around and we have come to believe we are indeed vdio are alccdiolics and vdio know you are because puppets* on a string. We drink because we thought you find yourselves attracted to the title of this the flaw iri marriage was men and like good and article in the hopes that you may be able to courageogs lesbians, set out to make the union of squeeze from its paragraphs some description of Xovers work as culturally advertised. We drink alcoholism which does not apply to you, some demar­ because we cannot bear to break from our lovers, cation line vAiich you ha've not crossed on your we are not human beings we aré dykes, and dykes methodic trip to oblivion, some proof that you cannot rifSk any (more) failures. are among those few women who drink heavily all of their lives and die, happy and strong, at the age The truth is alcoholism is a disease of profound of eighty-six years. You who never drink before dissatisfaction and mistrust felt primarily toward five pm, you vdio only drink on weekends, you who the self. It is a cancer deep on the inside and can quit drinking entirely for a few weeks, you no manner of outside application can cut it away. who have mystified everyone, and periiaps even So let me! assure you loving women has no more to yourself. You really do know who you are in your do with this disease than with any other sickness, heart of hearts, and that is the beginning know­ How much would you credit the assertion I have ledge of all change. leukemia because I am a dyke?" (continued)

/ ! The cure is yourself, to exercise your will After a coi?>le of months you will find a health power. And the question is not how. The point returning you were unaware you had lost. If you is, only you can do it, only you can effect the are a cigarette smdcer you will find yourself chcinge, only you can be goddess and assume respon­ smoking less. You will discover a sweet tooth you sibility for your life. never thou^t you had and an appetite you had for­ gotten since you will have relied on the alcohol I want to tell you vdiat happens vdien you refuse to satisfy many of your body's nutritional demands. to be dissatisfied and decide to become familiar with yourself again. By the third month you will be struck by your geneial feeling of well being, and as you drive along a street at seven pm you will know without 5 5 2 deceit that you are in absolute control, you will realize how many of the cars around you are being The first two months of abstinence may or may not driven by alcoholics and you will shudder. Your be the most difficult, but they are definitely the memory will return and your mornings will become most significant. It takes that long for you to happy review sessicms of the previous evening's begin to realize how lousy you \ised to feel. You activities, detail cascading on detail. You will, can slowly quit drinking to cibout the last six-pack, in spite of dope induced munchies, lose weight but then you have got to jump to the end. and friends will cautiously remark on the disap­ pearance of your bloated look. You will take I would advise smoking marijuana as a substitute tremendous pride in each day that passes over your for alcohol. I believe it is inçossible to become cleared head and the thought "I haven't had a addicted to that drug. You cannot fool yourself drink in two months, 63 days, 64 days...," will when you are wrecked, the shit eater grin, the hang over you like a piece of good news. yellow film of Cheeto's around your lips and most of all your sensations tell you you are not together. You will give yourself something to be extreme­ With alcohol your sensations can lie to you, which ly satisfied about and, once having exercised makes liquor such an insidious driig. (Example; choice you will have gained the confidence to make When you are driving a car under the influence of the other necessary decisions about your life. alcohol you think you are moving at the posted speed, in a straight line; in fact you are driving Are you thinking me insensitive to the awful faster than the limit and weaving. When you are gloom of your peculiar situation? I will not give driving under the influence of marijuana, you are you a heart-rending recital of the life that I sure you are moving too feist and weaving all over have changed, not because it matters very little the line; in fact you are driving, if anything, vdiat outside influences you imagine keep you down, too slowly and in as straight a line as is himanly since the point remains only you can alter your possible.) Smoking marijuana will help you over own behavior and change your own life. the initial cravings for alcohol you will "natural­ ly" feel when you first deny your body a siibstance I would ask you to trust me, trust these obser­ it has not gone twenty-four hours without for vations I have made, but I know you cannot, I months and/or years. know you do not trust even yourself. If you were (aontinued) to quit drinking you would understand with me that My mom was a nameless victim of man. We are the statistics on alcoholism are like the statis­ not victims, that is a dead luxury for us. We tics on rape, representing only a fraction of the see our history emerging. We see ourselves total ntmber. But vdiile you continue to rape your­ gathering together and we no longer need to buy self you will understand only your own humiliation dreams because we know we can make our own. We and qualify to rank among the unknown ninnber of prove we control our lives because we are dykes. lost wanen. I wish I could take you through a Instead of accepting a pre-ordained decision day of abstinence and give you a motivating glimpse handed down to us by a man-made tradition, we into your own prosperous future. But you are a choose to love women. If you are an alcoholic hard-core disbeliever these days and nothing lesbian you negate that choice by victimizing seems possible. yourself in the time honored style of woman-as- puppet and cissure mankind that nothing changes, So indulge me a few more lines as I describe mother to daughter. the alternative life, the one you are leading, and attenpt to rattle you into action. Of course you need your friends. But you won't 0000 let them help anyone as worthless cis yourself. -H-H- Please quit drinking— give yourself a vcilue in your eyes. Make yourself worth saving and become mother was an alcoholic. After fifteen your own redeemer. Then you will have the courage years of wine and assorted prescriptions she quit to accept love and support. Trust me. drinking only to begin a long and tortuous descent into death. Over the years of drinking her liver - Catherine expanded, blowing up and up. 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send to: tide collective WOMEN IN THE LAW 1005 Ocean Ave. No. Santa Monica, CA 90403 The Peoples College of Law is a new 4-year law school oriented to (213) 394-4829 these usually excluded from the hulk rates available upon request legal education process, V/omen constitute half tile school. Graduates receive J,D, de^.ree &i qualify for Cal, Bar Exam. En-' trance requirements are 2 yrs college or equiv. test. Tuition is low. All applicants should be WHERE IT'S AT committed to social change. For info & application, v;rite: from The Lesbian Tide Women's Caucus, PCL, 222B W 7th, Los Angeles CA 90057 Pages 30-32, following, are a listing of or call; (213) 3^^-3171 lesbian resources throughout the United States. This list was taken from the May/June 1975 issue of The Lesbian Tide. Many thanks to The Tide for canpiling the list and for making it available to sisters across the country. COLORADO: MARYLAND; Lesbian Task Force (NOW) ARIZONA: Lesbian Center/Women in Transition Lesbian Community Center P 0 . Box 10453 Women’s Center 1895 Lafayette 3028 Greenmount Ave. Santa Ana, 92711 912 E. 6th St. Denver, 80218 Baltimore Tuscon, 85605 (303) 573-6604 Gay Center (301) 366-8990 (6021 792-1929 1120 Santa Ana Blvd. CONNECTICUT: Anaheim, 92802 MASSACHUSETTS: CALIFORNIA Lesbian Group Lesbian Liberation c.o. New Haven Women's Center Berkley: San Francisco: Lesbian Mothers Women's Center 3438 Yale Station Lesbian Therapy Research Project 2112 Channing Way Women's Switchboard New Haven, 06520 c.o. Women's Center Berkeley Women's Center (203) 436-0272 46 Pleasant St. Cambridge, 02139 (415) 548-4343 63 Brady GEORGIA; (617) 354-8807 San Francisco Lesbian Feminist Alliance Los Angeles: land vicinity) (415) 431-1414 449 Euclid Terrace NE Lesbian Health Group Women's Center Atlanta, 30307 Box 600 Gay Community News 237 Hill St. San Diego: 22 Bromfield St. Santa Monica Las Hermanas ILLINOIS: Boston, 02108 4003 Wabash Lesbian Feminist Center Radical Feminist Therapy Collective San Diego, 92104 New Alexandria Library MICHIGAN: 237 Hill St. (714) 280-7510 Counseling Resource Center For Lesbians Lesbian Center Santa Monica 3523 N. Halstead 54714 E. Grand River Ave. (213) 394-5700 or 392-5145 Gay Center Chicago East Lansing, 48823 2250 B St. (312) 935-4270 (517) 332-1770 Lesbian Raps and Socials San Diego 237 Hill St. National Organization for Women (714) 232-7528 MINNESOTA: Santa Monica National Office Lesbian Resource Center 5 South Wabash San Diego: 2104 Stevens Ave. S Gay Community Services Center Suite 1615 Las Hermanas Minneapolis, 55404 Herself Health Clinic 4003 Wabash Chicago, 60603 1213 North Highland San Diego, 92104 (312) 332-1954 MISSOURI; Hollywood (714) 280-7510 Gay Switchboard Lesbian Alliance (213) 482-3062 (312) 929-HELP P.O. Box 4201 Women's Building San Jose: Tower Grove Station IOWA: 743 S. Grandview Sisters of Sappho St. Louis, 63163 Lesbian Alliance Los Angeles P.O. Box 7022 (314) 664-7249 San Jose, 95112 (?) P.O. Box 1287 ISU Station Gay Community Center Women's Switchboard 3825 Virginia Stanford: Ames, 50010 (213) 388-3491 Kansas City Lesbian Collective Lesbian Alliance P O. Box 8265 L.A. NOW c.o. Women's Center NEW HAMPSHIRE; Stanford, 94305 743 S. Grandview 3 East Market St. Gay Women's Rap Group Los Angeles Iowa City, 52240 (603) 772^636 (213) 384-8525 San Raphael: Marin Women's Center (319) 353-6265 NEBRASKA: 1618 Mission KANSAS: Womantours—Estilita Grimaldo Gay Women's Liberation San Raphael Gay Women's Liberation 743 S. Grandview Station B. P.O, Box 2323 (415) 454-1445 P.O. Box 234 Los Angeles Lincoln, 68502 (?) (213) 384-8525 Lawrence, 66044 (?) Sacramento: Women's Center (Lesbian Raps) NEW YORK: Orange County: MAINE; N.O.W. 1221 20th St. Brunswick Gay Women's Group Gay Community Center 47 E. 19th St. Sacramento, 95814 136 Maine St. (Lesbian Mothers, etc.) New York City, 10003 215 E. 23rd St. Brunswick, 04011 Riverside: Costa Mesa, 92627 Woman Center (714) 642-4253 3354 Orange St. Riverside (714) 787-0389 NEW Y0RK:(8eWV^ VERMONT: DOB CHAPTERS Lesbian Feminist Liberation Vermont Gay Women (802) 862-7770 or 863-3237 33 Union Square West Nevy York City WASHINGTON: SAN FRANCISCO - DALLAS 1212) 691-5460 Lesbian Resource Center 1005 Market St. Rm.#402 P.O. Box 1242 University YWCA Gay Women's Alternative San Francisco, CA 94103 Dallas, TX 75221 University of Washington c.o. Universalist Church (214) 742-1947 4224 University Way N.E. (415) 861-8689 4 West 76th St. Seattle, 98105 New York City (206) 632-4747 (212) 662-5109 NEW JERSEY - FORT WORTH Lesbian Mothers National Defense Fund National Gay Task Force P.O, Box 62 P.O. Box 1564 2446 Lorentz Place N. (212) 741-1010 Ft. Worth, TX 76101 Seattle, 98109 (7) Fanwooà, NJ 07023 NORTH CAROLINA: (206) 324-3571 (201) 233-3848 (817) 924-8598 Triangle Area Lesbian Feminists 100W . Club Blvd. WISCONSIN; Durham, 27704 Grapevine/Lesbian Feminist Action Corp. NEW HAMPSHIRE TAMPA c.o. Women's Center P.O.Box 137 c/o Warner OHIO: 2211 E. Kenwood Northwood, NH 03261 Rt. 1, Box 110 Gay Women's Peer Counseling Milwaukee Box 10.1739 N. High St. No. 3 (Don't say DOB: they Lithia, FL 33547 Lesbian Switchboard Columbus, 43210 306 N. Brooks must be anonymous.) Sappho's Army Madison, 53715 c.o. Dayton Women's Center (608) 257-7378 BOSTON NEW ORLEANS 1309 N. Main St. Dayton, 45406 419 Boylston St. f(406 P.O. Box 52113 (513) 228-1203 Boston, HA 02116 New Orleans, LA 70152

OREGON: Women's Center (Lesbian Raps) 171 Washington St. Eugene (503) 343-9750

PENNSYLVANIA: Lesbian Hotline 4634 Chester Ave. Philadelphia, 19143 Oct 29^1 (215) 729-2001 RHODE ISLAND: 1975 Gay Women of Providence (401)942-2094

TENNESSEE: Knoxville Lesbian Collective 2911 Jersey Ave. Knoxville, 37919(7) UTAH: ( W i) Lesbian Women c.o. Feminist Women's Health Center 363 E. 600 South Salt Lake City, 84111 THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN SISTERS ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL WRITERS AND NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE SISTERS COLLECTIVE OR THE S.F. DOB BOAR^