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Lavender Menace (Replica Lesbian Protest Tee) san francisco gay bar map whose work helped redefine gayLavender Menace Replica Tee (1970) A slogan turned inside outand back into power. Lavender Menace began as an insult, coined in 1969 by Betty Friedan to describe lesbians she believed threatened the womens movement. One year later, lesbians reclaimed it. On May 1, 1970, a group of activists stormed the Second Congress to Unite Women in New York wearing hand dyed purple shirts reading Lavender Menace, demanding visibility and inclusion. It was direct