Matelski, Elizabeth (2016) ""I'm Not the Only Lesbian Who Wears a Skirt": Lesbian Romance Fiction and Identity in Post-World War II America " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 71-88 Topic LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors fashion/clothing United States of America gender Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) history metafiction Claire Morgan/Patricia Highsmith lesbian romance Valerie Taylor Ann Bannon Rita Mae Brown