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  1. Dec 26, 2021 · Out East End: Leslie Cohen, Author of ‘The Audacity of a Kiss: Love, Art & Liberation’. By Angela LaGreca. 11 minute 12/26/2021. Leslie Cohen and her book “The Audacity of a Kiss” (Rutgers University Press) Leslie Cohen is a powerful part of LGBTQ+ history and she knew it was time to document her story. Ten years in the writing and a ...

  2. Leslie Cohen is the author of the lesbian memoir The Audacity of a Kiss (Rutgers University Press 2021). She owned the iconic Sahara nightclub in NYC. She and her wife Beth are also the models for George Segal's Gay Liberation statue.

  3. May 10, 2022 · In Leslie Cohen’s death, we are reminded of her rich life and thankful for her braveness, generosity, and beautiful power. Her art portfolio, full of every personal invitation she designed, is being sent to the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn, where the important stories of fighters like Cohen are being preserved.

  4. Leslie Cohen is a lesbian author, activist, and LGBTQ+ icon who wrote the memoir The Audacity of a Kiss and co-founded Sahara, a groundbreaking women's nightclub in New York City. She is also the model for the sculpture Gay Liberation by George Segal, which honors the Stonewall rebellion and the LGBTQ+ community.

  5. The two women are part of George Segal’s iconic sculpture Gay Liberation, but these powerful symbols were modeled on real people: Leslie Cohen and her wife Beth Suskin. In this evocative memoir, Cohen tells the story of a love that has lasted for over fifty years. Transporting the reader to the pivotal time when brave gay women and men carved ...

  6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0169554Leslie Cohen - IMDb

    Leslie Cohen was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is known for City by the Sea (2002), Amazing Stories (2020) and Utopia (2020). She has been married to Elizabeth Hill since 2 November 2019.

  7. Sep 22, 2021 · Leslie Cohen was determined that her lesbian history and that of her wife of 45 years not be lost. In her new memoir, “Audacity of a Kiss: Love, Art and Liberation,” Cohen details what life was like growing up as a lesbian in the 1950s, what it meant to be gay pre-Stonewall and her path forward. While Cohen’s isn’t one of the household ...

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