Beyond Dyke Bars
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1980-06-04
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"We'd like to register an objection to the choice of play produced by the
Bennington Drama Division. The objection is not against the production or the
acting, which were excellent, but to the treatment of lesbianism. That lesbianism
is even mentioned in the lines of a contemporary play shows some measure of
progress, but we wonder why, in any straight film, play, or book that does
mention it, lesbians are always portrayed as unattractive, perverted, sinister,
and --the favorite--humorless. women Behind Bars shows lesbians as all these
things and more: namely, that they would really prefer to be with men."