autismserenity:

rabbitindisguise:

trcunning:

lesbianherstorian:

activists at barnard college providing “labels”, photographed by susan rennie and published in off our backs: a women’s newsjournal vol. 3 no. 6, february 1973

Black an white photo of two women, one standing, one seated. 

Behind them is a hand-written sign reading, 

“YEA – It’s a heavy trip. BUT! This is a chance to CHOOSE YOUR OWN LABEL instead of having someone else do it for you:

straight, asexual, lesbian, bisexual, anti-label, dyke separatist, ?, lesbian feminist, anti-sexual or whatever”

Does this count as the first recorded instance of asexual used? If it is, this particular image from this particular time period appearing is a really sharp contrast to a lot of the narratives about asexuality today (even the more inclusive ones). 

it’s VERY MUCH NOT the first, but it still is a nice contrast to The Discourse.

I don’t know what the first one is, but ISTR that I’ve at least seen it in stuff from the sixties? I could look.