#vintage lesbians

[emeraldexplorer2]

[jeniferprince]

happy halloween, sapphics 🩸

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[vintagesapphics]

Tove Jansson (right), creator of Moomin, and her life partner Tuulikki Pietilä (left), an accomplished Finnish artist

[oddwomen]

Jet (February 15, 1979)

[fyblackwomenart]

"flashbacks" by Jenifer Prince on INPRNT

[grimoiresheart]

nothing will ever put into words how beautiful, rich and complex the history of butches and femmes is. the way these identities encapsulate the nuance of dyke gender, affection and the inherent longing to be seen - truly seen for who we are, in a world that often times, seems to have forgotten us.

thinking of those who came before us, how the ofos butches would curl a cigarette in their hands, and watch a femme from across the bar with long nails tap her glass, in anticipation of that one moment that tells them both it was all worth it. the gentle smearing of lipstick, the confidence from straightening out a tie. we have always performed for one another, and known each other far beyond the capability or understanding of anyone outside of our community.

i long to see the theatrics, the drawn out gazes filled with the possibilty of something more. the love letters adorned with perfume and spring violets, a gentle hand finding its way underneath the hem of a worn out vest. i long to love and be loved in the only way that we have ever known, with unbridled fervor spilling out at the edges, with the intimacy found beside candlelight and intertwined between satin sheets. the promise that we will always find each other.

[vile4lesbianvampyres]

[enbycrip]

I love them and wish them all the happiness in the world

[holeymolars]

Laura and Nina, Florence (Del LaGrace, 1993)

(Photo ID: A black and white photo of two shirtless butches in swim trunks standing back to back. They are both muscular and curling their biceps. Neither is directly facing the camera, but both have their heads turned to look at it. One is wearing sunglasses, a bandanna around their wrist and a watch, with white trunks and appears to have a tattoo on their ribcage. You can see their left breast, but their right is covered by their arm. The other is wearing zebra (I think) print trunks and a watch. They both have short, curly hair and light skin. They appear to be on the beach, though you can not really see anything in the background besides what appears to be the sky.)

[emeraldexplorer2]

[jeniferprince]

adrift 🐚✨

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[vintagesapphics]

Photos of Nancy Valverde, a Chicana gender nonconforming lesbian who was routinely arrested for violating L.A.’s cross-dressing ban throughout the 50s and has been credited as helping overturn the ban. Valverde died at the age of 92 in March of 2024.

[00ops1e]

reading list

[fyblackwomenart]

"busy thinking about girls" by Jenifer Prince on INPRNT

[thewarmthofequallyreturnedlove]

“I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

[vile4lesbianvampyres]