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Some Crazy Ladies Created The Ohio Lesbian Archives

And they lived to tell the tale!

Sep 22, 2025
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By Phebe (Karen) Beiser, Co-founder of the Ohio Lesbian Archives

Imagine there are no cellphones and little internet. Now imagine there is little media attention about your life, or if there is, it is negative. Most churches consider you a sin. Most politicians won’t fight for you.

Because Victoria (“Vic”) Ramstetter and I realized we were lesbians as tee…

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