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Catch up on Patricia Grahall’s blog, where she writes about feminism, LGBTQ+ issues, and more.

Why I Write Using a Pen Name

The desire to review and make sense of my life through memoir writing arose when my partner and I were downsizing. Coming across my old...

Why Should Young People Read about What It Was Like for Women and Gays the 1970s?

Why should you read a memoir about what it was like to be a young lesbian woman in the late sixties and seventies? Everyone knows it was...

Reflections on Last Night at the Telegraph Club

This extensively researched historical novel by Malinda Lo was particularly interesting to me because my first long term love, C., was a...

Why I Write Memoir

I noticed the cardboard box in the back of my closet that hadn't been opened for decades. My spouse, and I were going to be downsizing...

Five Things I've Learned Writing Memoir

It Takes Courage Memoir requires you to write about life events that have affected you deeply and that may be associated with shame. A...

My Aunt Turns 103 Years Old

On January 6th my aunt turned 103. Several decades ago, she took me aside at a family reunion to say, "Your uncle and I have known you...

Do Women Make Better Doctors?

Female physicians have been linked to improved patient outcomes in numerous studies, according to a systematic review published in the...

Lesbian Queer or Gender Fluid?

Language is always changing and so it is with women who love women. For my generation, women who preferred loving women emotionally and...

Lesbian Couple Overcomes Immigration Hurdles

Two years after 9/11, armed guards stood atop barricades surrounding the US Embassy in London. The line to enter the embassy snaked...

Who is Duchess Goldblatt?

Duchess Goldblatt is a fictional, 81-year-old woman from the 17th century who dispenses love, wisdom, and pithy one-liners on social...

My Personal Essay in the Gay and Lesbian Review

Why do any of us persist in wanting relationships whether platonic or romantic with people who are not available? Click the button to...

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