Bee Ottinger collection of Lesbian House photographic negatives

Barbara "Bee" Ottinger graduated from Middlebury College in 1970. She has taught as a visiting professor at Middlebury College, worked as an editor of music videos and commercials, and in 2010, founded Snapcuts, which allows users to combine video clips and text, and share custom messages via email, social media, and text messaging. The photographs in this collection of the Los Angeles Lesbian House were taken between 1972 and 1973 by Ottinger for her thesis project at the California Institute of the Arts. The Lesbian House was affiliated with the Los Angeles Gay Community Service Center, and was established in 1972 to provide a place for lesbians, who had been rejected by their families, to stay. The house was managed by Yolanda Retter (whom Ottinger sites as her mentor) as a safe space for lesbians regardless of class, race, religion, or background. Also included in the collection is an interview with Ottinger from 2010.