![]() The "real Lesbians" Ann and Petit distinguish themselves from other women who sometimes have sex with women. In the novel, several women live together in the London barracks, including Ursula, Claude, Ann, Petit, and Mickey. It was also subjected to a United States congressional committee on "current pornographic materials" that eventually allowed it to remain uncensored because it had "moral lessons" about the so-called "problem" of lesbianism however, a Canadian court review ruled it obscene. ![]() Women's Barracks became the first bestselling paperback original novel, selling two million copies in just its first five years, and is known as the first lesbian pulp. ![]() Torrès did not regard it as a "lesbian" novel, merely one that included sexuality in a way that Americans were not accustomed to, and she was not a lesbian herself. The semi-autobiographical novel was based upon the diaries she kept as a member of the Free French Forces during World War II, novelized and published at the urging of her husband. Women's Barracks, by Tereska Torrès, was published in 1950 by Gold Medal Books. ![]() ![]() Tereska Torrès, "Sapphic soldiers" interview ![]()
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