First National Lesbian Conference Convenes.

From May 27 to 30, 1960, at the Hotel Whitcomb in downtown San Francisco, the Daughters of Bilitis Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) sponsored a historic national conference that drew two hundred women, and a few men, for a program headlined “A Look at the Lesbian.” For a registration fee of $12.50 for the weekend’s activities, attendees were treated to a Friday night cocktail party at the home of DOB founders Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, followed by a series of speakers, a luncheon, a reception, and a banquet on Saturday. Sunday featured a DOB business meeting “for members only” during the day and a dinner for members and guests (women only) held at a lesbian-owned bar, The Front. [kw]First National Lesbian Conference Convenes (May, 1960) [kw]National Lesbian Conference Convenes, First (May, 1960) [kw]Lesbian Conference Convenes, First National (May, 1960) [kw]Conference Convenes, First National Lesbian (May, 1960) Lesbian conferences;first national[national] [c]Civil rights;May, 1960: First National Lesbian Conference Convenes[0540] [c]Organizations and institutions;May, 1960: First National Lesbian Conference Convenes[0540] [c]Feminism;May, 1960: First National Lesbian Conference Convenes[0540] Martin, Del Lyon, Phyllis