The Ladder (magazine)

The Ladder was the first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States. It was published monthly from 1956 to 1970, and once every other month in 1971 and 1972. It was the primary publication and method of communication for the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian organization in the country.^[1][2]

The Ladder

The Ladder, October 1957
Editor	Phyllis Lyon Del Martin Barbara Gittings Helen Sandoz Barbara Grier
Categories	Newsmagazine
Frequency	Monthly and later Bimonthly
Publisher	Daughters of Bilitis
First issue	October 1956
Final issue	1972
Country	USA
Language	English
ISSN	0023-7108

References

1. ""Back in the day" at afterellen.com". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16.
2. Lyon, Phyllis. "S.F. Election Aftermath" The Ladder; 1959 vol. 4 issue 3: p.23