[News Release: "Basic Instinct" Organizing Packet]

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A news release from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) addressing the film "Basic Instinct", a film depicting lesbians as brutal man killing villains. The organization created packets to help the LGBT community address the skewed and harmful representation of lesbians.

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Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation August 20, 1991.

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A news release from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) addressing the film "Basic Instinct", a film depicting lesbians as brutal man killing villains. The organization created packets to help the LGBT community address the skewed and harmful representation of lesbians.

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[1] p. ; 28 cm.

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Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. [News Release: "Basic Instinct" Organizing Packet], text, August 20, 1991; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc851870/: accessed May 18, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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