Making a Scene

This well-researched study of twenty formative years of lesbian community-building in Canada covers a lot of ground … Millward has captured the flavor of an era by combining data from previous studies with eyewitness accounts and black-and-white photos from private collections. She proposes a symbiotic relationship between self-defined lesbians and their ‘scene’ or social milieu: a lesbian identity requires a social context, and vice versa. Jean Roberta, The Gay and Lesbian Review

Liz Millward’s thesis is at once simple and highly original: the lesbian ‘scene’ was created by movement, the movement of lesbians toward each other … This book is also a rare example of a lesbian historical geography at the national scale. It will appeal to a wide array of readers in gender and sexuality studies and others interested in LGBTQ histories. Julie Podmore, socio-cultural urban geographer and professor of geosciences, John Abbott College

This book pushes forward new insights and opens up new understandings of lesbian geographies. It offers fresh perspectives on how spaces and places were constructed and utilized, making a vital new contribution to scholarship. It will serve as a catalyst, inspiring scholars in other countries to think geographically about lesbian lives and communities. Andrew Gorman-Murray, senior lecturer of geography and urban studies, University of Western Sydney