Modernisms. Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas created lesbian representation at a time where there was none by self consciously taking photographs of each other doing every day things like sitting in chairs looking intellectual, and hanging out with dogs and Picasso. Some people say that, with the community of lesbians that surrounded them, Stein and Toklas created the first lesbian public space (the path between their house and a friend's lilac bookshop). I can't verify that because I saw it on an undocumented internet derive. You'll just have to trust me.
