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1992, London. Various contributors. Larger-than-A5 format. Front cover: orange background with cartoon image of the virgin Mary and child. Black and white content. Subject matter: comic strips written and drawn entirely by women.

Newsletters, publications, and annual reports from various women’s groups.

Includes: West Hampstead Women’s Resource Book (n.d. [c.1980s]); Shape annual report (1986/7); ‘We have Always Been Here’, report by Linda King, Black worker at the Lesbian Archive and Information Centre (Jun 1989); Peckham Black Women’s Centre annual report (1986/7); Camden Women’s Voice (Oct 1987); Rawshini Asian women’s newsletter (Dec/Jan 1986/7); ‘Lesbians & the Law: Some Papers for Discussion’ from Legislation for Lesbian & Gay Rights Conference (May 1987); Black Lesbian & Gay Centre Project annual report (1987); CLCBLG newsletter (Sept 1992); CLCBLG annual report (1986/7).

Assorted material from a range of feminist and activist groups.

Includes: Palestine calendar for 1984; London Disability Arts Forum ‘Euroday ’91’ leaflet (1991); London Women’s History Network poster (c.1983); poster for ‘Our Space in Britain: An exhibition by migrant immigrant and black women photographers’ at Camerawork (1987); poster featuring cartoon girl and spider, with text [in Hindi?] (n.d.); ‘Female Parts’ brochure for Channel 4 series (1992); letter from Margot Muller to Outwrite enclosing photographs (no longer enclosed) of Manchester ‘Many Visions, Many Hands’ women’s weekend (7 Oct 1988).

Posters, flyers, handouts promoting poetry nights, music, disco nights, and other social events for Black lesbians and lesbians of colour.

Includes: flyers for events from Blacklesbian and Blackgay Pride, Black Lesbian Cultural Workers collective, Outwrite Women’s Newspaper, Azadi Asian Women’s Film Project, First International Feminist Bookfair, Sisterwrite Bookshop, Women’s Independent Cinema, SHAKTI and SHAKTI GHAR co-operative for homeless Asian lesbians and gay men, Onlywomen Press. Also includes a bibliography of books by or about Black lesbians from the LAIC (October 1988) and some poems from Not Vanishing by Chrystos (Press Gang, 1988).

Material relating to European and international lesbian communities.

Includes: ‘Lesbian Visibility: A Report about Lesbians within the European Community’ by the National Danish Association of Gays and Lesbians (LDL) and the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA; Nov 1993); The London Labour Plan by the Greater London Council (GLC; 1986); CLCBLG annual report 1991/92 (two copies; 1991).

Issue #1, (2 copies). 1993. London, United Kingdom. A5 format, glossy front cover. Contents: black and white, mix of comic strips, collage, cut-outs, type etc. Lesbian content.

1993. London. A5 booklet, black and white, mixed of print, handwriting, doodles, pictures, collage and photocopy. Subject matter: Opinions, Personal, Music, Fashion, Feminism.

Includes: Peckham Black Women’s Group flyer (n.d.), Peckham Black Women’s Centre annual review (1989), Hackney Lesbians Social flyer (n.d.), Women’s Training Link application (n.d.); Truly Fierce Productions flyer (n.d.); London Black Gay Group publication (essays & creative writing); Black Lesbian & Gay Centre newsletter (Sept, Nov 1986; Jun, Oct 1987; Aug-Sept 1993); In Print Peckham Black Women’s Group newsletter no. 2 (c. 1986).

Also contains London Boroughs Grants Committee application by Black Lesbian & Gay Centre (16 March 1988).

Material relating to Black lesbians and lesbians of colour.

Includes: call-out for submissions to KUUMBA, the twice-yearly journal of Black lesbian poetry; scoping/needs assessment questionnaire from the Brighton Project, a potential residential care home for elderly gay men and lesbians; bundle of Black Lesbian & Gay Centre material including newsletter, BLCC needs assessment questionnaire, event & interest group flyers; flyers for organisations including the Zami Group for Lesbians of African Descent, Camden Black Sisters, GAP House housing co-operative, and others; agenda, meeting minutes and related records re the International Lesbian and Gay People of Colour (ILGPOC) Conference 1990.

Artistic and creative material including creative writing publications, resource guides, catalogues, fanzines, and further women’s publications.

Includes: rainbow snake poetry volume by the Center for Women’s Studies and Services (1971); Shocking Pink! magazine (1992); ‘Sparkles: Poems, Stories and Articles by the women of GEMMA’ x 2 (n.d.); The Women’s Press book catalogue (Aug 1993-Jan 1994); Feminists Against Sexual Terror (FAST; Sept 1983); Outwrite magazine (issue 47; 1986); transcript of a conversation between Lisa (age 11), Susan (her mother, a lesbian) and other lesbians re Lisa’s experience as a child of a lesbian mother (Mar 1977); Outwrite magazine (issue 578; May 1987); Revolutionary Radical Feminist newsletter 16 (1986); Powerful Images: A Women’s Guide to Audiovisual Resources by Isis International (1986).