Historical Panel Discussion, "When We Were Outlaws", Lillian Faderman and Jeanne Cordova, 2012/06/28

[caption: Jeanne Lillian @ The Mazer 7.22.2012]

Faderman: Another question that I have, Jeanne, is–I went over your book again in preparation for coming here today and I just, I can’t believe all the stuff you were doing at the same time you were doing the Lesbian Tide. And you were organizing the conference and you were doing stuff at the Center and you were a reporter for the Los Angeles Free Press and at least a half dozen other things. But the corker was that on top of this all, you were practicing non-monogamy.

[laughter]

Faderman: So I want to know, first of all, where you got the energy–

[laughter]

Faderman: –and then I want to know what you think about non-monogamy today.

Cordova: At the time, I didn’t think non-monogamy required any time.

[laughter]

Cordova: Oh no, I thought that if you just got out of one bed quickly enough and into another that–I forgot about the process part for I learned that later.

[shows a photo with the caption: “Mazer Lesbian Archives, Where Lesbians Live Forever! www.mazerlesbianarchives.org West Hollywood”]

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Lillian Faderman & Jeanne Cordova chat about Jeanne's new book, When We Were Outlaws, and her activist life as a Lesbian Feminist in Los Angeles in the '70s.

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Interviewee: Jeanne Cordova
Interviewer: Lillian Faderman
Transcriber: Nao S.
Transcriber: Kailee S.
Formatter: Serena R.
Recording Date: July 22, 2012
Release Date: July 28, 2012
Location: Unknown
Interview Length: 00:01:22