Name/Title
On Our BacksSecondary Title
Entertainment for Adventurous LesbiansDescription
On Our Backs was the first women-run erotica magazine and the first magazine to feature lesbian erotica for a lesbian audience in the United States.
HOLDINGS: Complete set from 1984 - 1995, missing Issue 3, Winter 1984.
Incomplete set from 1995 - 2004 includes:
January - February 1995; August - September 1998; October - November 1998; December - January 1999; February - March 1999; April - May 1999; June - July 1999; August - September 1999; October - November 1999; December - January 2000; February - March 2000; April - May 2000; June - July 2000; August - September 2000; October - November 2000; December - January 2001; February - March 2001; April - May 2001; June - July 2001; August - September 2001; February - March 2002; April - May 2002; June - July 2002; October - November 2002; December - January 2003; June - July 2003; August - September 2003; October - November 2003; 2004 Calendar; December - January 2004; February - March 2004; April - May 2004; June - July 2004; Winter 2005; Spring 2005; Summer 2005; Winter 2006; Spring 2006; Fall 2006.Context
On Our Backs was the first women-run erotica magazine and the first magazine to feature lesbian erotica for a lesbian audience in the United States. Not to be confused with "Off Our Backs;" the title of this magazine was a satirical reference to "Off Our Backs," a long-running feminist newspaper that published the work of many anti-pornography feminists during the 1980s, and which the founders of "On Our Backs" considered prudish about sexuality.Publication Details
Publication Type
MagazinePeriodical
Periodicals/NewslettersVolume/Number/Issue
Holdings: Summer 1984 (Premier Issue); and many bi-monthly issus - - to be catalogued | Also 2004 Calendar - the Best of Lesbian Sex: A Collection of Erotic Photography from the MagazineDate Published
1984 - 2006Publication Subjects
Sexuality; EroticaISSN
0890-2224Create Date
July 25, 2024Update Date
March 14, 2026