Junior Lucy Martin joins Hollie Marquess to discuss Edythe Eyde and her contributions to Queer Media that helped to shape a lesbian identity and inspire the LGBTQ Civil Rights movements at mid-century. Eyde wrote the first lesbian newsletter in the U.S., “Vice Versa” and also sang about queer life.
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While working at RKO Pictures, Edythe’s boss told her to “look busy” and so she typed her lesbian newsletter with carbon copies to distribute.
Selected Bibliography:
Ben, Lisa. “Vice Versa,” Queer Music Heritage. https://queermusicheritage.com/viceversa0.html (Copies of Vice Versa)
Eyde, Edythe. Interview by Eric Marcus, n.d. in “Edyth Eyde aka Lisa Ben.” October 26, 2016, Making Gay History: LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archives, produced by Pineapple Street Media, podcast, 15:33, https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/episode-1-3/.
Edye, Edythe. Interview by Eric Marcus, n.d. in “Bonus Episode- Edyth Eyde’s Gay Gal’s Mixtape.” October 11, 2017, Making Gay History: LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archives, produced by Pineapple Street Media, podcast, 13:23, https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/bonus-episode-edythe-eydes-gay-gals-mixtape/.
Hansen, Rob. “Tigrina (Edythe Edye).” http://www.fiawol.org.uk/fanstuff/THEN%20Archive/LASFS/Tigrina.htm.
Legare, Lydia. “Lisa Ben’s Songbook.” https://lydialegare.wixsite.com/lisabenssongbook.
Marcus, Eric. Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990; An Oral History. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992.
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