A National Lesbian Agenda: Keynote Address at the National Lesbian Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, April 27, 1991

This chapter, delivered as a keynote address at a national lesbian conference in 1991, begins by describing what it means to be a lesbian in a society in which there are few, if any, positive images of lesbians; where lesbians are seen only in relation to men; and where lesbians’ very existence is under threat. It argues that, despite their marginalization in mainstream society and in the LGBTQ rights movement, lesbian feminist analysis and organizing has changed the face, the politics, and the content of gay and lesbian organizations, and that a national lesbian agenda is needed that is centered around organizing and power, and is about radical social change.