Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love"..

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Overview

Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love".

Cast

Stephanie Morgenstern
Stephanie Morgenstern
Laura
Lynne Adams
Lynne Adams
Mitch
Marie-Jo Thério
Marie-Jo Thério
Beth
George Thomas
George Thomas
Bill
Lory Wainberg
Lory Wainberg
Bartender
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Narrator
Keely Moll
Keely Moll
Self
Stephanie Ozard
Stephanie Ozard
Self
Ann Bannon
Ann Bannon
Self
Reva Hutkin
Reva Hutkin
Self
Lois M. Stuart
Lois M. Stuart
Self
Nairobi
Nairobi
Self

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