Atalanta

Publication

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Wanderground Lesbian Archive/Library

Atalanta Cover - 1992 - June: Gertrude & Alice Go to Pride Parade
Atalanta Cover - 1992 - June

Gertrude & Alice Go to Pride Parade

Name/Title

Atalanta

Entry/Object ID

2023.2.1

Secondary Title

Newsletter of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA)

Description

To fill the void left by mainstream media, ALFA produced its own newsletter, Atalanta. The newsletter publicized local and regional events and activities, and reported on local, regional, and national news relevant to lesbians, as well as other gay people, feminists, and leftists. Published Monthly We possess a FULL RUN 1973-1994 except for Missing Issues: (incomplete)Vol 13#7&8 1985; Vol 21#4 Apr 1993; Vol 22 #2 Feb 1994

Context

The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) was an American lesbian feminist organization, among the oldest and longest running in the country. It formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1972 as a breakaway from Atlanta's Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and Atlanta Women’s Liberation. The organization dissolved in 1994. ... The organization established the Southern Feminist Library and Archives, which held feminist, lesbian and activist periodicals as well as the records of ALFA itself and of many other feminist groups in the South.(Wikipedia)

Category

Periodical

Publication Details

Publication Type

Newsletter

Periodical

Periodicals/Newsletters

Editor

Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA)

Place Published

City

Atlanta, GA

Date Published

Sep 1973 - Apr 1994

Publication Language

English

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Web Links and URLs

Saralyn Chesnut of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA)

Create Date

June 3, 2026

Update Date

June 3, 2026