Audre Lorde stated in her essay “Use of the Erotic: Erotic as a Power” that, “There are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise. The erotic is a resource within in each of us, that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power if our unexpressed and unrecognized feeling.” Generally the erotic expressions of women are the reflection of the male collective consciousness. The following will define and magnify the erotic essence of the female soul.

I’m sure there are a lot more transwomen in history, but I wanted to highlight a few as part of this women’s history issue.

Terri O’Connell was a motor sports champion as James Terrell Hayes. Her book, Dangerous Curves was released in 2007. Her website is http://www.goterrio.com/

For as long as men have sailed the seven seas they'd tried to keep women off their boats. It's a sad fact, but for hundreds of years -- and in the case of certain civilizations, thousands of years – water and women simply haven't mixed.

Lesbian author, Jane Rule died November 27, 2007 at 76 from complications of liver cancer in her home on Galiano Island. She wrote fiction and nonfiction. The lesbian classic movie from 1985, Desert Hearts, was based on her novel, Heart of the Desert, originally published in 1964. It was her first published novel, which made her known as “the only lesbian in Canada.”