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1970 Lavender Menace 1
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 3.17.11 PM_thumb.png2023-04-03T22:17:48+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Linda Rhodes, Arlene Kisner, and Ellen Broidy participate in the “Lavender Menace” Action at the Second Congress to Unite Women, Chelsea, May 1st, 1970. The Lavender Menace or revolution was an informal group of lesbian radical feminists formed to protest the exclusion of lesbians and their issues from the feminist movement at the Second Congress to Unite Women in New York City on May 1, 1970. Members included Karla Jay, Martha Shelley, Rita Mae Brown, Lois Hart, Barbara Love, Ellen Shumsky, Artemis March, Cynthia Funk, Linda Rhodes, Arlene Kushner, Ellen Broidy, and Michela Griffo, and were mostly members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and the National Organization for Women (NOW).plain2023-04-03T22:17:48+00:00May 1, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49