Soares M
J Homosex. 1998;34(3-4):27-49. doi: 10.1300/J082v34n03_03.
This essay traces The Ladder from its initial publication in October 1956 as the official vehicle of the lesbian rights group the Daughters of Bilitis to its final issue as a privately published magazine in August 1972. By excerpting quotes from key lesbian figures of the time, it seeks to trace The Ladder's history from amateur newsletter to a more polished literary magazine--a reflection of the shift in the culture's perspective of itself from "variant" to "lesbian."
本文追溯了《阶梯》杂志的历程,从1956年10月首次出版时作为女同性恋权利组织比莉蒂斯之女的官方刊物,到1972年8月作为一份私人出版的杂志发行最后一期。通过摘录当时关键女同性恋人物的言论,它试图追溯《阶梯》从一份业余时事通讯发展成为一份更精致的文学杂志的历史——这反映了文化自身从“变体”到“女同性恋者”的视角转变。