The Real, Spectacular Amazons/Lesbians Connection

The girl-gang warriors were not as mythical as you might think

Amazon Fighter Statue in Terme, Turkey, by Metuboy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

To read, write, or think about lesbians is to be surrounded by Amazons. This morning I read a play by Carolyn Gage called The Amazon All-Stars. On my bookshelf, it sits alongside The Amazon Trail, by Lee Lynch; Karla Jay’s The Amazon and the Page; and Valley of the Amazons, by…