Dimensions

Dimensions
1986-1996

Who would expect a lesbian publication in Lubbock, Texas?

Well, from July 1986 until the end of 1996 Dimensions was in print.
"On Our Backs" called it a non-political, lifestyle magazine, and it
was mostly on the lighter side, with a bit of national news, poetry,
book reviews, advice columns, horoscopes, etc. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Running mostly around 40 pages, with colorful covers, it was begun
by Roxanne Hunter (Editor, until March 1989), Kelly Chambers
(Assistant Editor, and soon Managing Editor). Tasha Sumner did
Art and Advertising. And those were the prominent people through
the magazine's run. In September 1988 Houston writer Nancy Ford
brought her very popular "What a World, What a World" column
(also syndicated elsewhere) and she stayed until the end.

By 1996 they were down to a bare bones staff, with Chambers and
Sumner now co-Managing Editors, Ford as the main writer, and the
number of pages dropped sharply, signaling the end.

Nancy Ford began contributing the column "What a World"
with the September 1988 issue

One of their best qualities was their wide distribution...all across
Texas and reaching into Oklahoma, serving a lesbian market
not always addressed.

I want to thank Nancy Ford for loaning me her archives of the publication,
29 issues, so that I could include it in my website. I do not by far have had access to all of the issues, but there are enough to be quite representative.

May 2018--
A bit of Archival serendipty, I was contacted by Shay Beezley, a librarian at the University of Central Oklahoma, who found this page and said they were digitizing their collection of Dimensions. That is now complete and they are gracious enough to share them with me.... 48 additional issues!
I am very pleased to credit them as follows: any issue with the Property of Herland Library/Property of the Center notation was provided by Chambers Library’s Metadata & Cataloging department at the University of Central Oklahoma. Thanks!

And there are obviously a number of missing issues,
Please, if you can provide digital or real copies let me know.

July 1986
First issue
(unfortunately
I have none
from that year,
or before Aug 1987)

1987