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'''Lisa Ben''' is a pseudonym (anagram of [[lesbian]]) for '''Edith Eyde''', a writer, editor, and gay rights activist. She wrote one of the first gay utopias, in ''Vice Versa'', the first lesbian journal in the US; it was published in nine bimonthly issues, from 1947 to 1948. | '''Lisa Ben''' is a pseudonym (anagram of [[lesbian]]) for '''Edith Eyde''', a writer, editor, and gay rights activist. | ||
She wrote one of the first gay utopias, in ''Vice Versa'', the first lesbian journal in the US; it was published in nine bimonthly issues, from 1947 to 1948. ''Vice Versa'' included two fantasy stories and several lesbian critiques of various fantasy novels. | |||
In 1946 she helped organize the first major West Coast SF con, Pacificon. | |||
* "New Year's Revolution", published in Jan. 1948 issue of ''Vice Versa'', included a gay utopia visited in a dream | * "New Year's Revolution", published in Jan. 1948 issue of ''Vice Versa'', included a gay utopia visited in a dream | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* ''Gaysweek'', New York, No. 49, 1978 Jan. 23, interview with Leland Moss and Lisa Ben | * ''Gaysweek'', New York, No. 49, 1978 Jan. 23, interview with Leland Moss and Lisa Ben | ||
* [[Sharon Yntema]], ''[[More Than 100 Woman Science Fiction Writers]]'' (1988) | |||
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Revision as of 10:21, 20 March 2007
Lisa Ben is a pseudonym (anagram of lesbian) for Edith Eyde, a writer, editor, and gay rights activist.
She wrote one of the first gay utopias, in Vice Versa, the first lesbian journal in the US; it was published in nine bimonthly issues, from 1947 to 1948. Vice Versa included two fantasy stories and several lesbian critiques of various fantasy novels.
In 1946 she helped organize the first major West Coast SF con, Pacificon.
- "New Year's Revolution", published in Jan. 1948 issue of Vice Versa, included a gay utopia visited in a dream
References
- Gaysweek, New York, No. 49, 1978 Jan. 23, interview with Leland Moss and Lisa Ben
- Sharon Yntema, More Than 100 Woman Science Fiction Writers (1988)