Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love".

Directed by Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie

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Cast

Stephanie Morgenstern

Laura

Lynne Adams

Mitch

Marie-Jo Thério

Beth

George Thomas

Bill

Lory Wainberg

Bartender

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Narrator

Keely Moll

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Stephanie Ozard

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Ann Bannon

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Reva Hutkin

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Lois M. Stuart

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Nairobi

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Jeanne Healy

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Amanda White

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