06/01/2026
What better way to kick off Pride than by sharing our new Encyclopedia entry? đłď¸âđ
In 1971, Jewish photographer Joan Biren, also known as JEB, started doing something revolutionary: documenting the everyday lives of le****ns. This was an era when you could lose everythingâyour job, your apartment, even your kidsâ if people knew you were gay.
Biren became involved in the Womenâs Liberation Movement in 1969. She was among the first le***an photographers to research and construct a history of le****ns in photography, and she developed theories and practices of q***r looking and representation that continue to influence contemporary artists, historians, and activists.
She published the first photography book with the word âle***anâ in the title and documented le***an life and the feminist movement in photographs and slideshows.
