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1970 Lavender Menace 3
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 3.20.38 PM_thumb.png2023-04-03T22:21:15+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Lita Lepie, Judy Cartisano, and Arlene Kisner storm the stage with signs reading “THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IS A LESBIAN PLOT!”at the Second Congress to Unite Women, Chelsea, May 1st, 1970. Describing lesbian activist Rita Mae Brown, Karla Jay has said: "one thing that you were not going to tell Rita was to shut up." Brown suggested to her consciousness-raising group that lesbian radical feminists organize an action in response to Brownmiller's comments, and the public airing of Friedan's complaints. The group decided to target the Second Congress to Unite Women in New York City on May 1, 1970, which they noticed featured not a single open lesbian on the program.plain2023-04-03T22:21:15+00:00May 1, 1970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49