It is great to acknowledge Alice and Gertrude but the description of their relationship as “ housemates” renders invisible the crucial fact that they were life partners and lesbians. Our past history forced us into the closet. Please don’t make invisible these important role models for lesbian Jews. Similarly saying “they could not have been more different” is to ignore the crucial similarity of being Jewish lesbians interested in art and creativity, both clearly very smart and neither conforming to stereotypical gender roles. We are all raised with subtle lesbophobia. Please help reduce this by thinking about what I have said and consider correcting the article.
It is great to acknowledge Alice and Gertrude but the description of their relationship as “ housemates” renders invisible the crucial fact that they were life partners and lesbians. Our past history forced us into the closet. Please don’t make invisible these important role models for lesbian Jews. Similarly saying “they could not have been more different” is to ignore the crucial similarity of being Jewish lesbians interested in art and creativity, both clearly very smart and neither conforming to stereotypical gender roles. We are all raised with subtle lesbophobia. Please help reduce this by thinking about what I have said and consider correcting the article.