Joan Nestle

Joan Nestle
Joan Nestle speaking in Ljubljana, Slovenia for Škuc LL.
Born (1940-05-12) May 12, 1940
EducationQueens College
New York University

Joan Nestle (born May 12, 1940) is a Lambda Award-winning writer and editor and a founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. She is openly lesbian and sees her work of archival work as critical to her identity as "a woman, as a lesbian, and as a Jew."