Title

Early embraces : true life stories of women describing their first lesbian experience / edited by Lindsey Elder.

Publication

Los Angeles ; New York : Alyson Publications, [1996], ©1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Elder, Lindsey.

Description

190 pages; 22 cm

Subjects

• Lesbians > Sexual behavior > United States
• Coming out (Sexual orientation) > United States

Contents

• Introduction / Lindsey Elder -- Opening: anniversary / Pamela Gray -- 1. The Moon: Now and Then / J. M. Tharan -- 2. Making Love With Catherine / Louise A. Blum -- 3. Peter, Penny, and Me / Kimberly-Lei Mistysyn -- 4. Cigarettes and Leather / Allyson L. Mount -- 5. After the Ball Game / Betty Moore -- 6. Mother Mary, May I? / Rose Walston -- 7. Camp / Doe Tabor -- 8. Significant Kisses / Gabriella West -- 9. Crush to Sex / Stephanie Sims -- 10. Two Little Girls From School / Sharon J. Sanders -- 11. Summer Gig in a Small Town / Erin K. Kaste -- 12. Undercover Agent / Joanne Ashwell -- 13. Mine / Pat Schmatz -- 14. Breathing Lessons / Paula Neves -- 15. Lifting the Mask: A Beginning / Angel -- 16. The Fall of Saigon / V. L. Adams -- 17. RSVP / Julia Willis -- 18. I Wish I Had Known / Sarah Peterson -- 19. Port-O-Potty / Mary K. Slavin -- 20. Taxi Ride / Franci McMahon -- 21. Vaca Eyes / Karleen Pendleton Jimenez --
• 22. Baby Butch / Ari (Arlene) Istar Lev -- 23. The Present Is the Destination / Larissa Rachel Harris -- 24. Cataclysms on the Kootenai / Jennifer Bosley -- 25. Seduction / Dvora Zipkin -- 26. Gals and Dolls / Martha E. Stone -- 27. The Wonder of It All / Kim Howard -- 28. Sparkle Plenty / Laura K. Hamilton -- 29. Not to Need Her Too Much / Nancy Slick -- 30. L'Chaim / Dory Wiley -- 31. Double-Daring Dyke / Arie Forstner -- 32. I Didn't Know There Were Names for It / Nancy Astarte -- 33. Palmetto Bugs / Rhonda Wheeler -- 34. In the Country of My Skin / Nicole LeFavour -- 35. Perennial Friend / Shilpa Mehta -- 36. "God" Spelled Backward Is "Dog" / Karen Shoffner -- 37. A Cup of Coffee / Donna Tsuyuko Tanigawa -- 38. Sixteen / Christine Itura -- 39. What Could Have Been / Alexandra R. Waters -- 40. Anna / Jennifer Dieges -- 41. Brown Shoes / Rita Schiano -- 42. One Small Step / Julie Regner -- 43. Lover / Laura A. Vess --
• 44. Kissing Girls / Karen Friedland -- 45. Dolly and Me / Cecelia A. Wardlaw -- 46. Casablanca / Vicky Wagner -- 47. The Third Time's the Charm / Cynthia Benton -- 48. Getting Real / Michele Serchuk -- 49. Rosaria's Sunbeam / Elena Sherman -- 50. Phoenix Rising / Rhonda Mundhenk -- 51. The Natural / Susan Baumgartner -- 52. She's Gone / LaVerne Gagehabib -- 53. So Natural, So Right / Myra La Venue -- Closing: Kissing Coco / Liz Queeney -- Closing: To Annie, I Remember...I Remember / Trish McLean.

ISBN

1555833543

LCCN

97106575

OCLC

• 36071477
• ocm36071477

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries