An argument is presented that a lesbian presence in Western European history is readily identifiable, and that it has made significant cultural contributions. Topics include lesbian literature and poetry, theater, and daily life as recounted in diaries.
LESBIAN INVISIBILITY
"Lesbianism is a theme rarely treated in Latin literature . . . though Ovid regards the love of boys as commonplace, love between females is unthinkable in his world." Roman literature.
"[F]emale homosexual issues do not appear explicitly in medieval English literature. . . . [F]or lesbians attempting to understand why they have been silenced for much of the English tradition, it is with the silence of ...