# List of lesbian periodicals

A list of notable lesbian magazines, periodicals, newsletters, and journals.

## Africa
### South Africa

* Closet Magazine – c. 1998–?
* Legacy – Lesbian Arts Magazine – Johannesburg, 1990
* The Quarterly
* Sunday's Women – 1990s?
* Umzabalazo – official newsletter of the Coalition of African Lesbians, a continent-wide organization of lesbians in Africa – Johannesburg, 2007–present
* Womyn – 2000–2003

## Asia and the Middle East
### China

* Les+ – Beijing, longest running lesbian magazine in China, 2005–2012

### Indonesia

* Goya Lestari – published by group Chandra Kirana, 1993–?

### Israel

* Klaf Hazak – lesbian feminist quarterly from KLaF/CLAF (Kehila Lesbit Feministit/Community of Lesbian Feminists), c.1990–?

### Japan

1970 to 1980
* Feminist Forum: Feminism in Japan and the World (Tokyo, Japan, 1979–1985)
* Hikariguruma – 1978
* Subarashii Onnatachi – Tokyo, lesbian feminist magazine of Wakakusa no Kai – 1976
* Za Daiku (ザ・ダイク) – 1978
1980 to 1990
* Eve & Eve (イブ＆イブ) –
* Regumi Tsūshin (れ組通信) – Tokyo (also known as RST, Regumi Studio Tokyo), 1985–present
1990 to present
* Aniisu (アニース) – (1996–1997, 2001–2003)
* Furiine (Phryné; フリーネ) 1995 (two issues total)
* Kaamira (Carmilla; カーミラ) – (2002–2005)
* Labrys (ラブリス) – continued by LOUD News, 1992–1995?
* LOUD News – published by "Lesbians of Undeniable Drive", 1995–2011?
* Misuto (ミスト／美粋) – Josei ladies comics magazine, 1996–1999
Unknown date
* Lesbian News & Views (English language journal from Japan)

### Korea

* Kkiri-kkiri – Seoul, newsletter of Kkiri-kkiri, now the Lesbian Counseling Center

### Lebanon

* Bekhsoos – magazine of Meem

### Palestine

* Aswat Newsletter – Haifa, published by Aswat Gay Palestinian Women

### Philippines

* My Femme (2009–?)

### Taiwan

* Ai Fu Hao Zi Zai Bao (abbrev. "Ai-Bao") – Taiwan, 1993–?
* Isle Margin – Taiwan
* Lez's Meeting
* Nu pengyou – Taiwan, published by group Wo Men Zhi Jian, 1994–1998?
* Wo Men Zhi Jian Newsletter – Taiwan, 1991–1994

### Thailand

* Anjareesan/Asian Lesbian Network Newsletter – Bangkok, published by Anjaree, 1991–?

## Europe
### Austria

1970 to 1980
* Lesben-Frauen-Nachrichten – Vienna, 1979–?
1990 to present
* Female Sequences – frauen lesben kulturHEFTig, Vienna, 1999–?
* Frauenlesben rapidité – Vienna, c. 1997
* Lebenszeichen – Vienna, 2001–?
* LILA Schriften – Vienna, 1995–2001
* Osterreichischer Lesbenrundbrief – Vienna, newsletter of HOSI-Lesben

### Belgium

* les Cahiers du G R I F [fr] – Brussels, newsletter of Groupe de Recherche et d'Information Feministes (GRIF), c. 1975–78

### Croatia

* Just a Girl – Zagreb

### Czech Republic

* Alia – magazine of Klub Lambda
* Promluv – magazine of Promluv group

### Finland

* ILIS Newsletter – Helsinki, International Lesbian Information Service, 1981–1983
* Pärrä – Helsinki, publication of Akanat Lesbian Group, 1982
* Torajyvä – Helsinki, publication of Akanat Lesbian Group, 1983–1988

### France

1970 to 1980
* Quand les Femmes s'aiment – 1978–1980
1980 to 1990
* Bulletin des Archives Lesbiennes (Archives et recherches lesbiennes) – Paris, 1990
* Espaces : bulletin de liaison et d'informations entre lesbiennes radicales – Paris, 1982
* Lesbia: Revue lesbienne d'expression, d'information, d'opinion – Paris, 1982–present
* Vlasta: fictions/utopies amazoniennes, Paris, by the Collectif Mémoires/Utopies, 1983–1985
1990 to present
* LesBienNées – Nancy
* La Dixieme Muse [fr] – Lille, 2003–2013
Unknown date
* Espace Lesbien – Toulouse and the Midi-Pyrénées region, newsletter of Bagdam Espace Lesbien
* Les Lesbianaires: revue de presse
* Lesbrouffe: Voies d'Elles – Grenoble, newsletter of the Association des Lesbiennes de Grenoble
* Penthésilée – Association des Femmes Homosexuelles Européennes (AFHE)

### Germany

1920 to 1970
* Die BIF – Blätter Idealer Frauenfreundschaften, world's first all-female lesbian magazine (1926?–1927)
* Die Freundin, closely affiliated with the League for Human Rights, 1924–1933
* Frauen, Liebe und Leben (1938)
* Frauenliebe (1926–1930)
* Garçonne (1930–1932)
* Ledige Frauen (1928–1929)
* Wir Freundinnen [de] (1951–1952)
1970 to 1980
* Frauen Zeitung – Frauenzentrum – Hamburg, feminist and lesbian newsletter 1976–?
* Lesbenpresse [de] – Berlin, published by the Lesbenpressenkollektiv de LAZ, 1975–1982
* Protokolle – Münster, Verlag Frauenpolitik, 1976–1979
* UKZ: Unsere kleine Zeitung – Berlin/Mannheim, 1974–2001
1980 to 1990
* Infoblatt des Lesbenring – Köln, c. 1984–1996?
* LESBENINFO NETZ – Ulm, 1989–?
* Die Lesbischschwule Presseschau – Berlin, 1982–?
* Tarantel – Bielefeld, Tarantel Kollektiv, 1980–?
1990 to present
* Blattgold – West Berlin, c. 1990s
* EMMA – Germany
* Frau Anders – Weimar, 1990–?
* Ihrsinn [de] – Bochum, radical feminist lesbian magazine, 1990–2004
* Krampfader – Kassel, 1986–?
* L-Mag
* Lesben in NRW – Düsseldorf, c. 2005
* Lesbenstich – Dortmund
* Lescriba: Das lesbische Literaturmagazin – Sinzing, 2004–?
* Lespress – das andere Frauenmagazin [de] – 1995–2006
* nur sie: Lesben/Frauen-Kulturmagazin für Nürnberg/Fürth/Erlangen – Nürnberg, 1999–?
Unknown year
* Bulletin des Archives Lesbiennes

### Greece

* Labrys – Athens, 1980–?
* Lettres Eoliennes: Revue Bimensuelle d'Art Lesbien – Athens, c. 1980s

### Hungary

* Dyke Magazin – 2007
* qLit
* Labrisz Lesbian Newsletter – published by the Labrisz Lesbian Association, c. 1990s

### Ireland

* Gaelick – online lesbian periodical
* LINC: Lesbians in Cork – Cork, c. 2001

### Italy

* Bollettino cel C.L.I. – Rome, paper of Centro Feminista Separatista, c. 1981–1991
* Towanda: appunti, spunti e spuntini lesbici – Milan, 1994

### Lithuania

* SAPPHO – Vilnius, quarterly magazine of lesbian organization Sappho

### Netherlands

1970 to 1980
* Amarant – 1972–present
* Paarse September. Alternatieve Vrouwenkrant – 1972–1974
1980 to 1990
* Diva – 1982–1986, switched to Zij aan Zij in the mid-1990s
* ILIS newsletter – Amsterdam, International Lesbian Information Service, 1980–81, 1987–1998
* Lesbisch Archivaria – Lesbisch Archief Leeuwarden, 1982–?
* Lust en gratie: lesbisch cultureel tijdschrift – Amsterdam, c. 1983–1987
* Nieuwsbrief – Amsterdam, Lesbisch Archief Amsterdam, 1983–1994
1990 to 2000
* Wild Side Magazine – Amsterdam, Leiden
1990 to present
* Girls Like Us – Amsterdam, 2005–present
* Zij aan Zij – Rijswijk, 1998–present

### Poland

* Sigma – Silesia, published one issue only, 1992
* Violet Pulse – Gdańsk

### Portugal

1980 to 1990
* Artemísia – Porto, feminist magazine supportive of lesbians, 1985
1990 to present
* Lesbiana – published by Grupo de mulheres da associação ILGA-Portugal, 1999
* LILÁS – Lisbon, 1993
* Organa – Lisbon, first lesbian magazine in Portugal, 1991–1993?
* Zona Livre – 1997

### Romania

* ENOLA – published by Accept, 2006–?

### Russia

* Pinx – 2006–present

### Serbia

* labris: Lezbejske novine – Belgrade, 1994–?
* Novosadska Lezbejska Organizacija Newsletter – Novi Sad

### Slovenia

* Lesbo – Ljubljana, Magazine of ŠKUC-LL Group, c. 1988

### Spain

* Caladona: Un espai de dones per a dones – Barcelona, Caladona, lesbian magazine in Catalan language, 1993–present
* Laberint: revista de mujeros para mujeros – Barcelona, c. 1992–1994
* Mujeres y Punto – Madrid, newsletter of CRECUL, Comité Reivindicativo Cultural de Lesbianas de Madrid
* Sales: Revista Lesbica – Barcelona, Revista Sales
* Towanda! Revista Lesbica – Zaragoza, 2002–?
* MagLes Magazine – Barcelona, 2012–present

### Sweden

* Lesbisk Feministiska – Stockholm, c. 1984–1988
* Lila perspektiv – Stockholm, c. 1981–1984

### Switzerland

1930-1950
* Freundschaftsbanner - Zurich, 1932-1942 (from 1937 as Menschenrecht, changed in 1942 to male-only Der Kreis)
1970 to 1980
* Lesbenfront – Zurich, 1974–1985
1980–1990
* Frau Ohne Herz – Zurich, 1985–1995
* ELLA: Das Lesbenforum – Basel, 1985–1993?
* ILIS Bulletin – Geneva, International Lesbian Information Service, Clit International, 1984–86
1990–2000
* die – Lesbenzeitschrift aus der Schweiz, Zurich, 1996–2004
* Ellas ketchup – Basel, 1993–?
2000–present
* Skipper – Zürich, 2004–2005
Unknown year
* CLIT 007 – lesbian feminist magazine

### Turkey

* "Öte-ki-ben (From Woman to Woman) – Ankara, Turkey / Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2001–?

### Ukraine

* Лесби Портал – lesbian feminist publication, 2018–present

### United Kingdom

Prior to 1970
* Arena Three – London, Minorities Research Group, 1963–1972
* Kenric Newsletter – c. 1960s–present
* Minorities Research Group Newsletter
1970 to 1980
* Lesbians Come Together – London, c. 1972
* Medusa: Journal of the Bradford Lesbian Feminist Surrealist Group – c. 1978–?
* Move – Bristol, c 1970s–?
* Sappho – London, newsletter of the Southwark Lesbian Network; for lesbians only, 1971–?
* Sequel: A Feminist Magazine for Isolated Lesbians – London, c. 1979
* Zero: Anarcha-feminist Newsmagazine – London, 1978–?
1980 to 1990
* Bristol Radical Lesbian Feminist Magazine 1986–1990
* Camden Lesbian Centre Newsletter/ Camden Black Lesbian Group Newsletter – London, available in both print and cassette, 1987–1991
* Gemma – London; lesbians with and without disabilities, all ages; available in print or on cassette, c.1980
* Gossip: A Journal of Lesbian Feminist Ethics – London, for lesbians only; Onlywomen Press, c. 1986–?
* Lesbian Information Service Newsletter – Leicester, available in both print and cassette, 1987–1989
* Lesbian International – Leicester, for lesbians only, available in print and cassette, 1989–1990
* Lesbian Archive and Information Centre Newsletter – London, Lesbian Archive and Information Centre (LAIC), c. 1985–?
* Outwrite — London, 1982-1988
* Quim Magazine: For Dykes of All Sexual Persuasions – London, 1989–1995, plus one issue in 2001
* Spinster: Feminist Creative Work with an Emphasis on the Work of Lesbians – London, 1982–?
After 1990
* The Axe – Bradford lesbian newsletter, 1996–1997
* B.I.D (Behaviour, Identity, Desire) – online monthly magazine (99p subscription), November 2011
* crAve – bi-monthly magazine, 2008–present
* Diva – London, 1994–present
* Dykenosis : the newsletter of LesBeWell - Birmingham, 1994–1998
* G3 Magazine – London, free monthly national publication
* Lesbian London – London, also released on cassette tape, 1992–1993
* Lesbian Talk Issues – Scarlet Press, 1992–1996
* Shebang – London, 1992–?
* Velvet
Year unknown
* Artemis: For Women who Love Women – London, magazine of the Artemis Club
* Lesbian Zone – Manchester
* Lesbians in Education – London
* Lesbians in Libraries – England
* Older Lesbians Network Newsletter – London

### Wales / Cymru

* Cardiff Women's Liberation Newsletter – Cardiff, "for wimmin only", c. 1970s–1980s
* Older Lesbian Network Newsletter
* Women Come Together: Swansea Women's Liberation Newsletter – Swansea, c. 1970s
* WomenZone: Connecting lesbians across Wales – Swansea, c. 1990s

## Oceania
### New Zealand

1970 to 1980
* Circle, later Lesbian Feminist Circle – Wellington, "for lesbians only", collectively produced 1973–1985
* Spiral – literary and arts journal for women, founded in 1976 by Heather McPherson; the press also published Keri Hulme's Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People in 1984
* Wellington Lesbian Network – Wellington, newsletter; for lesbians only, c. 1979–1999
1980 to 1990
* Bitches, Witches, & Dykes – Auckland, 1980–1981
* Glad Rag – Wellington – for lesbians only, c. 1983
* Lesbians in Print (LIP) – Auckland, for women only, 1985–1991
* Sapphic star – Auckland, c. 1989–1991
* Tamaki Makaurau lesbian newsletter – Auckland, New Zealand, c. 1990–present
After 1990
* The Laughing Medusa – lesbian literary magazine, edited by Kedy Kristal and Takoel Akuni, c. 1991–1993

### Australia

1970 to 1980
* A. L. M. Newsletter – Melbourne, newsletter of the Australian Lesbian Movement, c. 1971
* Blatant Lesbianism – Sydney, c. 1978–?
* Patchwork newsletter – Brisbane, c. 1978?
1980 to 1990
* Australian Lesbian Diary – Melbourne, c. 1987
* Sage: the separatist age – Australia, lesbian separatist periodical; title was formerly Seps Down Under; "A cauldron of lesbian separatist thought dreams and visions", c. 1990–1992
* S.E.P.S. Down Under (Newsletter of Separatists Eroding Patriarch Sincerely) – Waucope, c. 1989
* Wicked Women (subtitled Dyke Decadence) – Australia – 1988–1996, 28 issues
1990 to 2000
* Australian Asian Lesbian News – Sydney, c. 1991
* Banshee – Melbourne, c. 1992
* Dis-Ease – Sydney, c. 1993
* Elam – Newcastle, newsletter of the Hunter Lesbian Group, c. 1998
* Geelong Lesbian Group – Geelong, c. 1999–?
* Hell Bent (Wicked Women Publications) Redfern, Sydney, c. 1991
* Interlesbian – Melbourne, multi-cultural lesbian news, c. 1994
* Journal of Australian Lesbian Feminist Studies – Haymarket, New South Wales, 1991–1995
* Labrys – Melbourne, 1990–1992
* Lesbian Network – Rozelle, Lesbian Network Collective, c. 1990s
* Lesbians on the Loose – now LOTL – Darlinghurst, 1990–present
* Lesbiana – Fitzroy, c. 1992
* Lilac – Launceston, Tasmania, 1993–1996
* olderdykes.org – Sydney, online magazine for lesbians over 40
* Out Loud – Eltham, women's cultural magazine focussing on lesbian and feminist content, c. 1992–?
* ShOut Newsletter – Melbourne, c. 1994
* Suncoast Lesbian Information Press – Queensland, c. 1995–?
* Women Out West – Perth, 1999–present, WOW
2000 to present
* Butch is Not a Dirty Word – Melbourne, 2017–present
* Cherrie – national
* SASS Magazine Melbourne
* Slit magazine, 2002-
* velvet Tipt – Melbourne, magazine for lesbians in Victoria and Tasmania, 2005–2006
Year unknown
* The Bloody Rag – Lismore
* Grapevine – Western Australia
* Lesbian News – National Magazine
* Lesbian Territory – Northern Territory
* Lesbian Times – North Adelaide
* Outloud – Melbourne

## South America
### Argentina

* Cuaderno de existensia Lesbiana – (CEL) Argentina c. 1987
* Fulanas – Argentina, 2000

### Brazil

* Chana com Chana – São Paulo, published by the Grupo de Ação Lésbica-Feminista, c.1979–1987
* Femme
* Rede Outro Olhar

### Chile

* Amazonas – Chile
* Baruyera – Chile, Colectiva Lésbica Mafalda
* Hilando Destinos – Chile, published by the Colectiva Lésbica feminista Moiras
* Lazos – Chile
* Montedevenus: Mujeres que aman Mujeres – online magazine
* Rompiendo el Silencio

### Peru

* otro lado de la luna

## North America
### Canada

1970 to 1980
* Dyke – Montreal, Quebec, 1977
* Grapevine: Newsletter of the Lesbian Mother's Defence Fund – Toronto, Ontario, c. 1979–1883
* Lesbian Canada Lesbienne – Halifax, Nova Scotia, published by the Atlantic Provinces Political Lesbians for Equality (APPLE), 1977/1978
* Lesbian Feminists of Montreal Newsletter – Montreal, Quebec, published by the Lesbian Feminists of Montreal, 1977
* Lesbian Organization of Toronto (L.O.O.T.) Newsletter – Toronto, Ontario, 1977–1980
* Lesbian Perspective – Toronto, Ontario, published by the Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT), 1979–1980
* Lesbians/lesbiennes – Toronto, Ontario, 1979–1981
* Lesbomonde – Montreal, Quebec 1973–1974
* London Lesbian Collective News – London, Ontario, published by the LCC, 1977–1978
* Long Time Coming – Montreal, Quebec, published by Montreal Gay Women (originally women's committee of Gay McGill University), 1973–1976
* The Other Woman – Toronto, Ontario, feminist and lesbian news magazine, 1972–?
* Pedestal: Lesbian-Feminist Newspaper – Vancouver, B.C., 1975, women's liberation paper, reorganized briefly in 1975 as a lesbian feminist paper
* Sisters Lightship – Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1978
* Three of Cups – Toronto, Ontario, 1976–1978
* Wages Due Lesbians – Toronto, Ontario, c. 1977–78
* Waves: a Lesbian Feminist Newsletter – Victoria, BC, 1978–1979
1980 to 1990
* Amazones d'Hier, Lesbiennes d'Aujourd'hui – Montreal, Quebec, for lesbians only, 1982-2013
* Association of Women's Music and Culture – Toronto, published by Womynly Way Productions, c. 1989
* Ça s'attrape!! – Montreal, Quebec, 1982-1984
* Communique'Elles – 1980s
* Diversity, the Lesbian Rag – Vancouver, B.C., published by the Diversity Collective 1988–1991
* Flagrant – Vancouver, B.C., 1981–1984
* Furie Lesbienne / Lesbian Fury – Ottawa, Ontario, for lesbians only, c. 1985–1995
* KINESIS: news about women that's not in the dailies – Vancouver, British Columbia, published by the Vancouver Status of Women, a non-sectarian feminist voice covering some lesbian issues, c. 1980s/1990s
* Lavender Sheets – Toronto, Ontario, published by the Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT), c. 1980
* Lavender Times – Calgary, Alberta, project of the Calgary Womyn's Collective, 1987–?
* Lesbian Newsletter – Regina, SK, c. 1985
* LesbiaNews/LNews – Victoria, BC,1989–98
* Les Sourcières – Montréal QC, 1980-1982
* L'Évidente Lesbienne - Montréal, QC, 1984-1990
* The Open Door: Rural Lesbian Newsletter – Burns Lake/Terrace, British Columbia/Nelson, B.C., 1983–1986
* The Radical Reviewer – Vancouver, B.C., Lesbian Literary Collective magazine, 1980–1983
* Treize! Revue Lesbienne – Montreal, Quebec, 1984–2005
* Web of Crones – Vancouver, BC, 1986
* Womonspace News: Our Voice in the Lesbian Community – Edmonton, Alberta, 1983–?
* Zami Newsletter – Toronto, Ontario, c. 1987–88
1990 to 2000
* Au-dela de l'invisibilite: le bulletin de la Collective Lesbienne – Ottawa, Ontario, published by the Collective Lesbienne, c. 1998
* Chicklist: Proudly Peddling Chick Power, Pleasure and Polemic – Toronto, published by the Pink Triangle Press, c. 1997
* Gazelle: le magazine des lesbiennes – Montreal, Quebec, 1992–?
* Limbo: Lesbian Bi-Monthly Magazine – London, Ontario, published by Limbo, 1999
* SamiYoni: a ioumal for lesbians of South Asian Descent – Toronto, 1993–1994
* Sensible Shoes News: The Newsletter of Saskatchewan's Lesbian Communities – Regina, mid-1990s
* Siren – Toronto, Ontario, "Irresistibly tempting, for lesbians", 1995–2004
* Voices for Lesbian Survival: By and For Lesbians – Kenora, Ontario, published by the Voices Collective, c. 1995
After 2000
* Femmes entre elles – Montreal, Quebec, 2002-2012.
* No More Potlucks – Montreal, Quebec, ?–present (bilingual French/English online magazine)
* QueeriesMag.com – Toronto, Ontario, 2010–present (online lifestyle magazine)
* Sapho Magazine : Le magazine des lesbiennes de la Capitale, 2005-2012- Québec, Québec
* Lez Spread the Word (LSTW) - Montréal, Quebec, 2016–present

### Mexico

* Amantes de la Luna – CIDHOM – Mexico City, 1994–?
* Amazona – Mexico, published by Colectivo de Lesbianas del F H A R (Frente Homosexual de Accion Revolucionaria), c.1979 (Coordinadora Lesbica)
* Del otro lado – magazine of Grupo de Madres Lesbianas 2, c. 1996
* HIMEN Fanzine – Mexico City, published by Colectiva HIMEN
* Les Voz, Mexico's lesbian feminist magazine- Mexico, 1994–present