The Muted Lesbian Voice: coming out of camouflage

© Nicki Hastie

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Contents

• Introduction
• Censorship and Repression
• Pseudonyms
• Ambiguity and Disguise
• “Passing”
• The School Setting
• 1989: Bringing the situation up to date
• Notes
• Bibliography (this page)

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