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#FromtheArchives: 'Mother, I think I have lesbian tendencies'

#FromtheArchives: 'Mother, I think I have lesbian tendencies'

Plus: A 1975 report on homophobia in sports.

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Lindsay Gibbs
Jun 24, 2023
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Hi, friends. It’s been a while since we went in to the archives, and Pride Month provides such a wonderful opportunity to do so.

Now, these first two articles have little to do with sports. But they came up while I was searching through the archives for coverage of lesbians in sports around the time that Title IX was enacted, and I just want to share th…

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