Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
1992·Documentary·1h 25m
8.0
★
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 Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman
canada
toronto, canada
lgbt
woman director
first nations
british columbia
indigenous lgbt
lesbian
haida
lesbian history
lesbians
lgbt history
Trailer
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3.8 / 5
Cast
Stephanie Morgenstern
Laura
Lynne Adams
Mitch
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Narrator
Ann Bannon
Self
Crew
Ross Higgins
Researcher
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
lara
8.0★ · 08/05/24
sitting with my fellow lesbian aunties drinking çay
sitting with my fellow lesbian aunties drinking çay
Tristan
this was SO GOOD i’m obsessed ❤️😭
this was SO GOOD i’m obsessed ❤️😭
Jihan
6.8★ · 08/10/25
Lex
8.0★ · 11/13/24
pinky
10.0★ · 10/09/24
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