Joan Nestle is a working-class, Jewish lesbian, writer, editor, teacher, activist, and co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York City. She is the author of A Sturdy Yes of a People, a Sapphic Classic from Sinister Wisdom, and A Fragile Union, a Lambda Literary Award recipient. She edited over a dozen award-winning collections. She lives in Australia with her lover, Di Otto.