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Queering the ocean: Li Zishu's The Island of the Lost Plane.

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-02-16 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2025.2461902

Aling Zou

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Lesbian women and attachment theory: A scoping review.

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-02-02 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2448794

Caitlin Edwards, Robert Allan, Sandra Taylor, Carin Graves

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Dissolving into the surf. 溶解在海浪中。

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2427552

Macarena Gómez-Barris

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The Lesbians and Policing Project: police monitoring in defence of dangerous lesbian-ness in 1980s London. 女同性恋者和警察项目：1980年代伦敦警察监控保卫危险的女同性恋者。

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2448064

Will Jackson, Helen Monk

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Old growth feminism: Interspecies & intergenerational intimacies on lesbian land. 旧成长女权主义：女同性恋土地上的跨物种和代际亲密关系。

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2406681

Elana Margot Santana

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Queering as a tool of narrative knowledge in Ali Smith's Girl Meets Boy and The First Person and Other Stories. 在阿里·史密斯的《女孩遇见男孩》、《第一人称》和《其他故事》中，酷儿作为叙事知识的工具。

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2448346

Attila Dósa

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Sharing the illumination: Audre Lorde's pedagogies of difference. 分享启示：奥德丽·洛德的差异教学法。

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2447665

Danica Savonick

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Off the beats and track: Finding historical lesbian and queer women's feminist spaces through musicians' tour schedules, concert flyers, and correspondence. 脱离节拍和轨道：通过音乐家的巡演日程表、音乐会传单和信件寻找历史上女同性恋和同性恋妇女的女权主义空间。

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2362892

Alex D Ketchum

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Creating havens for Black lesbian elders during COVID-19. 为新冠肺炎期间的黑人女同性恋长者创造避风港。

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2023.2236440

Porsha Hall, Mary Anne Adams

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Intimate partner violence in lesbian couples: A systematic review on the barriers to seeking help. 女同性恋伴侣中的亲密伴侣暴力：关于求助障碍的系统回顾。

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Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-04-29 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2346422

Mónica Laliga-Mollá, Conchi San Martín-Martínez, Gerard Coll-Planas, Rocío Medina-Martín

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