Famed feminist activist, singer Dobkin dies at 80
The lesbian singer and feminist activist who appeared in an iconic and recently resurgent 1975 photo wearing a T-shirt that read “The Future is Female,” has died. Alix Dobkin of Woodstock, New York, was 80.
An early leader in the music scene for lesbians and women, she passed away at her home from a brain aneurysm and stroke, according to Liza Cowan, her friend and former partner.
“Everything that she did was about being a public lesbian in the world,” said Cowan, who also took the striking photo.
In 1973, Dobkin formed the group Lavender Jane with an all-women team of musicians, engineers and even vinyl pressers. Their album, “Lavender Jane Loves Women,” was the first to be entirely produced by women, Cowan said.