Years: 1973 -
Volleyball Team
Above Right: Ad in The Fountain, December 1972 Left: Partial article from The Fountain, January 1973 issue
Above: Article in The Fountain, February 1973 Below Left: Article Page 19 of the April 1973 Fountain, LAVENDER MENACE DOING WELL Below Right: The Fountain, May 1973 page 15, THE LAVENDER MENACE A team for All Seasons Bottom: Article in The Fountain August 1973
Lavender Menace
Part of the article to the left is from Project MUSE - "Exuberant joy": Playing Women's Softball in the 1970s with Portland's Openly Gay Team (jhu.edu)
citations & references:
Need research on the history of the team
Page 8 of March 1973 Fountain, LAVENDER MENANCE WINS B LEAGUE
July 1973 age 15 – CAR WASH FOR MENACE TEAM
August 1973 page 8 – Lavender Menace Tournament
Check out the article in Northwest Gay Review, page 21, February 1974 Washboards, kazoos, spoons
Mentioned in Oregonian Northwest Magazine's article Sunday, April 6, 1975 “A Gay Community Catalog”.