"The Lesbians of San Diego, A Herstory in Two Acts"

"The Lesbians of San Diego, A Herstory in Two Acts"

A powerful play, written by Dian Schaffhauser that celebrates the vibrant and resilient lesbian community in San Diego from 1970 to 2000.

By Mazer Lesbian Archives

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West Hollywood City Council Chambers

625 North San Vicente Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069

About this event

Presented by The Lesbians of San Diego Project Sherry Hopwood will direct an ensemble cast in bringing this groundbreaking piece of lesbian history to life - a powerful play that celebrates the vibrant and resilient lesbian community in San Diego from 1970 to 2000. This production is more than just a performance; it's a tribute to the stories, struggles, and triumphs of those who helped pave the way for LGBTQ+ rights. Based on hundreds of oral interviews, The Lesbians of San Diego has been dedicated to documenting the stories of local lesbians through an oral history project. This production is the next evolution of that work, ensuring that these narratives are not just archived, but embodied, experienced, and honored in a way that makes history feel immediate and alive. This play is more than a performance. It is an act of historical reclamation, an assertion of presence, and a feminist insistence that the contributions of lesbians to our collective liberation will not be erased or forgotten. These are the stories that may never have reached a newspaper or the public eye, yet they are the stories that created an incredible culture of art, music, political activism, health advocacy and more - pushing the boundaries and carving out a safe place for our community. This production is being brought to West Hollywood by the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives with the San Diego Lesbian Project and with special thanks to the City of West Hollywood.

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Mazer Lesbian Archives

The June L.  Mazer Archives 

The mission of the Mazer Archives is to collect, preserve and make accessible lesbian, feminist and women’s queer history as a means of providing a link among all generations of lesbians; to develop social activities, educational events, opportunities and programs that promote historical awareness; and to provide research and resource facilities.

**The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives is a grass roots archive founded in 1981 in Oakland, California as the "West Coast Lesbian Collections". It is one of the largest archives in the world dedicated to collecting protecting and preserving lesbian and feminist women's history. 1985 the Archives moved to Southern California with the help of the Connexxus Women's Center. It moved into the home of June Mazer and her partner Bunny Mac Culloch in Altadena, California. June died from cancer in 1987. Bunny changed the name to the June L Mazer Lesbian Archives and continued to run the Archives with the help of volunteers. In 1989 the Archive was moved from Altadena into the Werle Building in West Hollywood with the help of Jodi Curlee, Lauren Jardine and Del Martinez of Connexxus/Centro de Mujeres, Jean Conger and the Gay and Lesbian Task Force The Archives has been run strictly by volunteers for most of its thirty-seven years and has continued on supported by private donors and the City of West Hollywood. The Archives has created an outreach and collection-building partnership with the UCLA Libraries.

Free
Aug 17 · 1:00 PM PDT