On Our Backs production materials

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: On Our Backs production materials

Dates: circa 1986-1993

Collection Number: 1998-32

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1.1 linear feet

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: Production materials from the graphic files of the lesbian erotica magazine, "On Our Backs," including numerous black & white prints, contact sheets, drawings and cartoons, and a few production notes.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research. The erotica in this collection may only be viewed by researchers age eighteen and over and it is made available for educational and research purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. On Our Backs production materials. Collection Number: 1998-32. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

Production materials from the graphic files of the lesbian erotica magazine, "On Our Backs," including numerous black & white prints, contact sheets, drawings and cartoons, and a few production notes. "On Our Backs" played a definitive role in the feminist sex wars of the 1980s, taking the side of sex-positive feminism. Includes work by photographer Phyllis Christopher, and artists Kris Kovick, Megan Kelso, Siné Ananita, Zanne and [Jacki] Randall, as well as autographed photos sent to the magazine by Diane Bogus, of Women in the Moon Publications. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008497; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450

Indexing Terms

Lesbians

Journalism

Erotica