Daughters of Bilitis

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Daughters of Bilitis was the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States, founded in the 1950s to provide social support and advocate for lesbian visibility and equality.

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Label Occurrences
Daughters of Bilitis canonical 7

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf LGBT rights organization ⓘ
lesbian organization ⓘ
social organization ⓘ
areaServed Chicago ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1970 ⓘ
focus education about homosexuality ⓘ
legal reform regarding homosexuality ⓘ
lesbian civil rights ⓘ
lesbian political rights ⓘ
social support for lesbians ⓘ
founder Del Martin ⓘ
Phyllis Lyon ⓘ
Rose Bamberger ⓘ
Rosemary Sliepen ⓘ
foundingPurpose advocate for lesbian equality ⓘ
advocate for lesbian visibility ⓘ
provide social support for lesbians ⓘ
hasPart local chapters ⓘ
historicalSignificance first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States ⓘ
pioneered organized lesbian activism in the U.S. ⓘ
ideology civil rights advocacy ⓘ
lesbian feminism ⓘ
inception 1955 ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locationFounded San Francisco, California ⓘ
movement LGBT rights movement ⓘ
homophile movement ⓘ
namedAfter Bilitis ⓘ
“The Song of Bilitis” ⓘ
notableMember Barbara Gittings ⓘ
Del Martin ⓘ
Kay Tobin Lahusen ⓘ
Phyllis Lyon ⓘ
notableWork The Ladder ⓘ
opposedBy law enforcement harassment of lesbians ⓘ
originalPurpose alternative to lesbian bar scene ⓘ
parentOrganization none ⓘ
publication The Ladder ⓘ
publicationEnd 1972 ⓘ
publicationStart 1956 ⓘ
publicationType lesbian magazine ⓘ
strategy education and discussion groups ⓘ
legal and civil rights advocacy ⓘ
publishing and media outreach ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Ladder → publisher → Daughters of Bilitis ⓘ
The Ladder → affiliatedWith → Daughters of Bilitis ⓘ
Phyllis Lyon → notableWork → Daughters of Bilitis ⓘ
Phyllis Lyon → coFounded → Daughters of Bilitis ⓘ
Del Martin → coFounded → Daughters of Bilitis ⓘ
Del Martin → memberOf → Daughters of Bilitis ⓘ
Barbara Gittings → memberOf → Daughters of Bilitis ⓘ