Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.¿Hidden in Plain Sight: Lesbian Athletes Taking the Spotlight
Too Strong to Be Hetero-Normal
When the Best Defense Is Offense, and Taking None
Lesbianism in Sports and the Cutting Room Floor
Conclusion
An Interview with Saskia Webber
2.¿We Are Family: Tuning in to Lesbian Music
It's a Man's World-Sexism and Homophobia in the Music Industry, and the Women Who Fought Back
"I Kissed a Girl"-Lesbian Chic and Coming-Out Shocks
Are We Not Femme? Beyond Femmes and Butchies
Conclusion
An Interview with Gretchen Phillips
3.¿Looking Straight at the Lens: Lesbian Photography, from A. Leibovitz to Z. Muholi
Photography as Evidence, Photography as History
Picturing a Lesbian Aesthetic
Visualizing the Genderqueer Revolution
Conclusion
An Interview with Lola Flash
4.¿Drawing the Line: How Lesbian Comics Put the Sapphic Back in Graphics
Living in a Bubble: Self-Publication and Graphic Communities
Watching Out for Mainstream Success
What Fun Home Did for the Lesbian Funnies
Drawing Outside the Lesbian Box
Conclusion
An Interview with Alison Bechdel
5.¿It's Showtime! Lesbians in TV Series
The L Word Before The L Word
Is It OK for Males to Gaze?
The TV Lesbian as Other, and the Racial Ramifications of Lesbian Representation
The L Word Hub on the Global Chart
Conclusion
An Interview with Jamie Babbit
6.¿From Subtext to Sex Tape: Lesbians on the Big Screen
Spotting Lesbians on the Big Screen: Crossdressers, Vampires, Ghosts, and Villains
Sex, Lesbians, and Videotapes: New Queer Cinema and the Lesbian Revolution
Soft Porn for the World to See: Lesbian Sex Goes Mainstream
Conclusion
An Interview with Anna Margarita Albelo
Conclusion
Film and Videography
Chapter Notes
Works Cited
Index

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