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–presentUmzabalazo newsletter. Retrieved 2008 February 5. 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 GRIF – 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, 1982–2012 Vlasta: fictions/utopies amazoniennes, Paris, by the Collectif Mémoires/Utopies, 1983–1985
1990 to present LesBienNées – Nancyla décennie lesbienne, France années 90 – Lille, 2003–2013Tasse de Thé : Les mag Lesbiens
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, 1924–1933Vogel, Katharina. “Zum Selbstverständnis lesbischer Frauen in der Weimarer Republik. Eine Analyse der Zeitschrift ‘Die Freundin’ 1924–1933, in Eldorado: Homosexuelle Frauen und Männer in Berlin 1850–1950, Alltag und Kultur, ed. Michael Bolle (Berlin: Froelich & Kaufmann, 1984, p162 note: Die Freundin was not published in 1926. Publication was also suspended for 12 months between July 1928 and 1929, when the Protection of Youth from Obscene Publications Act (1926) placed the magazine on a list of objectionable material. Frauen, Liebe und Leben (1938) Frauenliebe (1926–1930) Garçonne (1930–1932) Ledige Frauen (1928–1929)Schader, Heike (2000). "Kontruktionen weiblicher Homosexualität in Zeitschriften homosexueller Frauen in den 1920er Jahren" in Homosexualitäten in der Weimarer Republik 1919 bis 1933, Invertito. Jahrbuch für die Geschichte der Homosexualitäten, MännerschwarmSkript Verlag (Hamburg) (1951–1952)
1970 to 1980 Frauen Zeitung – Frauenzentrum – Hamburg, feminist and lesbian newsletter 1976–? – Berlin, published by the Lesbenpressenkollektiv de LAZ, 1975–1982http://[email protected] Holdings: #5 (May 1977) 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–? – Bochum, radical feminist lesbian magazine, 1990–2004 Krampfader – Kassel, 1986–?STICHWORT Zeitschriftenverzeichnis L-Mag Lesben in NRW – Düsseldorf, c. 2005 Lesbenstich – Dortmund Lescriba: Das lesbische Literaturmagazin – Sinzing, 2004–? – 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, 1983–1994STICHWORT Zeitschriftenverzeichnis
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 Lesbilans - Katowice, yearly since 2024
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) 1970–1980 Lesbenfront – Zurich, 1974–1985
1980–1990 CLIT 007 – lesbian feminist magazine, 1981-1986 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
Turkey "Öte-ki-ben (From Woman to Woman) – Ankara, Turkey / Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2001–?
Ukraine Лесби ПорталЛесби Портал – lesbian feminist publication, 2018–present
United Kingdom Prior to 1970 Arena Three – London, Minorities Research Group, 1963–1972 Kenric Newsletter – c. 1960s–presentArchif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales : Events Minorities Research Group NewsletterBeckett, Elsa. Inventing Ourselves:Lesbian Life Stories, Eds: Hall–Carpenter Archives Lesbian Oral History Group, Routledge 1988, , p68
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 Diversion: Six issues produced 1986-1987 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, 1989–1990Sinister Wisdom vol43/44, Sumer 1991, p361 Lesbian Archive and Information Centre Newsletter – London, Lesbian Archive and Information Centre (LAIC), c. 1985–?http://[email protected] Holdings: #2 (1988) 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 Look out - Nottingham, Lesbian Centre, 1996-2015 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–1980sArchif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales : Glamorgan Record Office 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