This special issue of "Feminist Review" maps the field of contemporary lesbian politics and culture and highlights lesbians' special contribution to debates at the heart of feminism.

Issue 34 covers the whole spectrum of lesbian experience by looking at lesbianism in the context of women's liberation, the Labour party, fashion, AIDS, psychoanalysis, homophobia and pornography. This issue features a lively mix of articles, dialogues, cartoons, reviews and archives to make it invaluable to readers who want to know more about lesbian culture and issues.

1. Pat Parker: A Tribute Lyndie Brimstone 2. International Lesbianism: reports from lesbian activists in Brazil,
Italy and Israel 3. The De-eroticization of Women's Liberation: Social Purity Movements and the Revolutionary Feminism of Sheila Jeffreys Margaret Hunt 4. Talking about it:
Homophobia in the Black Community Jewelle Gomez and
Barbara Smith 5. Lesbianism and the Labour Party: the GLC Experience Ann Tobin 6. Skirting the Issue: Lesbian Fashion for the 1990s Inge Blackman and Kathryn Perry 7. Butch/ Femme Obsessions Susan Ardill and Sue O'Sullivan 8. Lesbian Archives Joan Nestle, Alison Read 9. Audre Lorde: Vignettes and Mental Conversations Gail Lewis 10. Lesbian Tradition Rachel Field 11. Mapping: Lesbians, AIDS and Sexuality - an interview with Cindy Patton Sue O'Sullivan 12. Significant Others: Lesbians and Psychoanalytic Theory Diane Hamer 13. The Pleasure Threshold: Looking at Lesbian Pornography on Film Cherry Smyth 14. Voyages of the Valkyries:
Recent Lesbian Pornographic Writing Sara Dunn Plus: Cartoon, Reviews, Letter, Noticeboard.