Lesbians on the Loose records, 1993-1998

MLMSS 7580/Boxes 1-21, 24
MLMSS 7580/Boxes 22X-23X, 25X
VT 1180 - VT 1195

fonds

1993-1998

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Ephemera, Moving Images, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Photographs

402735

4.32 metres of textual material (22 boxes, 3 outsize boxes) - manuscript and printed
Clippings
Ephemera
Moving Images - video recordings - 16 videotapes (VHS)

Frances Rand created Lesbians on the Loose in 1989, a magazine that started out as a monthly 8 page "gig guide" for Sydney lesbians. It expanded from a local readership of 1000 to an Australia-wide lesbian readership of 20 000 by 1998, when Rand sold the publication as a going concern to Silke Bader. Rand's partner Barbara Farrelly was co-editor of the publication from 1994-1998

SERIES 1

Manuscripts:
Boxes are grouped by year then into folders within each box by month or month intended for publication, thence by type of material. Undated and miscellaneous material follows
1993; Advertisements, classifieds, copy not for publication, copy used, letters (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/1-2)
1994; Advertisements, classifieds, copy not for publication, copy used, correspondence, letters (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/3-5)
1995; Advertisements, classifieds, copy not for publication, copy used, correspondence, letters (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/6-9)
1996; Advertisements, classifieds, copy not for publication, copy used, correspondence, letters (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/10-12)
1997; Advertisements, classifieds, copy not for publication, copy used, correspondence, letters (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/13-16)
Jan-Mar, Sept 1998; Advertisements, classifieds, copy not for publication, copy used, correspondence, letters (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/17)
Undated; Ads & classifieds, copy, letters & correspondence, miscellaneous (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/18/1-4)
1993-1998; Amazons, women warriors, goddesses; artwork; 1995 Australian Report of the Global Media Monitoring Project; 1997 Significant Personal Relationships Bill (Draft); 1997 Dorothy McMahon; 1997 ACON Northern Rivers review; 1997 Lesbian Domestic Violence Conference resources; 1997 Ellen Degeneres; 1996/7 Eugenia (Play); 1997 Atlanta USA bombing; 1997 International Women's Day; 1997 International Womensport Festival; Sydney 2002 Gay Games bid; Lara Morcomb work samples; Marketing (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/18/5-19)
1992-1997; 1992/3 Writing competition; 1993 Masthead design competition; Lives of the Saints typescript + protest letter, 1994; 1994 Writing competition; 1994 Mardi Gras; World Aids Day 1994; A vengeance can be so sweet (draft stage play) by Jo Tibbits, January 1996; Applications for book reviewer, January 1996; Lesbian Space Project 1995-1997 (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/19)
1995; LOTL Reader Survey (approx. 736 responses) (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/20-21)

Newspapers:
1993-1995; Selected editions of local & international mainstream newspapers with gay themed editions such as Vertigo (Sydney University), China Daily, Bay Area Reporter (USA); selected editions of interstate gay papers such as Brother & Sister (Melb.), PANDA (Canb.), Westside Observer (Perth), Adelaide Gay Times, Queensland Pride; selected editions of international gay newspapers such as Washington Blade & ICON (USA), Bona & The Pink Paper (UK), Express (NZ), Quota & Angles (Canada); women's newsjournals such as Off Our Backs & Forum '95 (1995 Forum on Women, Beijing); Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/22X-23X)
1993-1998; Newsletters of rural lesbian groups and special interest groups such as The Bridge Club (lesbian penfriends), Hooter (OWLS - Older Wiser Lesbian Support), Polare (A magazine for people with gender issues), Talkabout (The Newsletter of People living with HIV/AIDS Inc NSW), Tamaki Makaurau Lesbian Newsletter (NZ), Lesbian Territory, Capital Women (Canberra's Girls' Own Monthly), The Women's Library Newsletter, Lilac: a newsletter for Tasmanian Lesbians, Gayzette (Newsletter of the Mixed Gay Movement), Clover Womens' Business Club; a range of miscellaneous special interest bulletins, magazines & newsletters

Printed:
1988-1996; Lesbian Ethics Vol. 3 No.1; HIV/AIDS Media Handbook; 1995 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Community Telephone Directory; Australian Gaymes '96 Information & Sports Guide; 1991 Directory of Lesbian Skills; The Streetwatch Report: a study into violence against lesbians and gay men, 1990 (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/18)

Ephemera:
1993-1998; A range of postcards & greeting cards from business connections and friends of Frances Rand & Barbara Farrelly (Call No.: MLMSS 7580/25X)

SERIES 2
Videotapes:
Devotion (Call No.: VT 1180)
Secret Fantasies (Call No.: VT 1181)
Pink Cherry Episode 1 (Call No.: VT 1182)
The Pink Guide to Sydney (Call No.: VT 1183)
Revolt'n Pussycat (Call No.: VT 1184)
Stella (Call No.: VT 1185)
1993; Network Q (Call No.: VT 1186)
The Tube: late night UKTV (Call No.: VT 1187)
Out There 2 (Channel 7) (Call No.: VT 1188)
1998; Compass: The heart of the matter: more sexes please (ABC) (Call No.: VT 1189)
The Cutting Edge: Out in the Bush (SBS) (Call No.: VT 1190)
After the Beep (7 episodes - ABC) (Call No.: VT 1191)
The View From Here: New Voices (ABC) (Call No.: VT 1192-VT 1193)
The Times, Episode 27 (Call No.: VT 1194)
1996; Pink Video - Outrageously Pink (Call No.: VT 1195)

SERIES 3
Lesbians on the Loose photographs, 1993-1998 (Mitchell Library call no. PXA 1064)

SERIES 4
Interviews from Lesbians on the Loose, 1993-1998 (Mitchell Library call no. MLOH 524)

Chiefly by magazine publication date order (ie chronological)

Restricted: Restriction to be reviewed in 2028

A smaller consignment of records is held at MLMSS 7611, also covering 1993-1998