Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

Overview

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 Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie

Top cast

Stephanie Morgenstern

Laura

Lynne Adams

Mitch

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Marie-Jo Thério

Beth

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George Thomas

Bill

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Lory Wainberg

Bartender

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Narrator

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Keely Moll

Self

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Stephanie Ozard

Self

Ann Bannon

Self

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Reva Hutkin

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Lois M. Stuart

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Nairobi

Self

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Jeanne Healy

Self

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Amanda White

Self

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Carol Ritchie-MacKintosh

Self

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Ruth Christine

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Michael Copeland

DJ (voice)

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