The Ladder (magazine)

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The Ladder
The Ladder, October 1957
EditorPhyllis Lyon
Del Martin
Barbara Gittings
Helen Sandoz
Barbara Grier
CategoriesNewsmagazine
FrequencyMonthly and later Bimonthly
PublisherDaughters of Bilitis
First issueOctober 1956
Final issue1972
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0023-7108

The Ladder was the first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States. It was published monthly from 1956 to 1970, and once every other month in 1971 and 1972. It was the primary publication and method of communication for the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian organization in the country.[1][2]

References[change | change source]

  1. ""Back in the day" at afterellen.com". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16.
  2. Lyon, Phyllis. "S.F. Election Aftermath" The Ladder; 1959 vol. 4 issue 3: p.23