What is Daughters of Bilitis?
The '''Daughters of Bilitis''' {{IPAc-en|b|ɪ|ˈ|l|iː|t|ᵻ|s}}, also called the '''DOB''' or the '''Daughters''', was the first<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Perdue|first=Katherine Anne|date=June 2014|title=Writing Desire: The Love Letters of Frieda Fraser and Edith Williams—Correspondence and Lesbian Subjectivity in Early Twentieth Century Canada|type=PhD|publisher=[[York University]]|url=https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10315/28211/Perdue_Katherine__A_2014_PhD.pdf?sequence=2 |access-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525175945/https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10315/28211/Perdue_Katherine__A_2014_PhD.pdf?sequence=2|archive-date=25 May 2017|location=Toronto, Canada|page=276}}</ref> [[lesbian]] [[civil and political rights]] organization in the [[United States]]. The organization, formed in [[San Francisco]] in 1955 by [[Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon]], was created to be another hangout area for lesbians other than [[lesbian bar]]s. This was to avoid [[Police raid|raids]] and [[police harassment]]. It later gave support to women who were afraid to [[Coming out|come out]]. The DOB educated them about their rights, and about [[gay history]]. The Daughters of Bilitis lasted for 14 years, becoming an educational resource for lesbians, gay men, researchers and mental health professionals. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1955 establishments in California]] [[Category:Organizations based in California]] [[Category:LGBT in the United States]] {{US-stub}}