What are "classics" in lesbian studies? / Esther D. Rothblum -- Some like Indians endure / Paula Gunn Allen -- Mati-ism and black lesbianism: two idealtypical expressions of female homosexuality in black communities of the Diaspora / Gloria Wekker -- "Coming out" in the age of social constructionism: sexual identity formation among lesbian and bisexual women / Paula C. Rust -- A study of lesbian lifestyles in the homosexual micro-culture and the heterosexual macro-culture / Joyce C. Albro, Carol Tully -- Sappho was a right-on adolescent: growing up lesbian / Margaret Schneider --Growing older female: heterosexual and homosexual / Mary Riege Laner -- Lesbianism in female and coed correctional institutions / Alice M. Propper -- Lesbian women of color: triple jeopardy / Beverly Greene -- Who hid lesbian history? / Lillian Faderman -- "Imagine my surprise": women's relationships in historical perspective / Leila J. Rupp -- Zero degree deviancy: the lesbian novel in English / Catharine R. Stimpson -- Lesbian ethics and female agency / Sarah Lucia Hoagland -- Toward a laboratory of one's own: lesbians in science / H. Patricia Hynes -- National lesbian health care survey: implications for mental health care / Judith Bradford, Caitlin Ryan, Esther D. Rothblum -- Negative sexual experiences with men among heterosexual women and lesbians / JoAnn C. Brannock, Beata E. Chapman -- Therapy for lesbians?: the case against / Rachel Perkins -- Putting the politics back into lesbianism / Janice G. Raymond.