Vice Versa (magazine)

Subtitled "America's Gayest Magazine", Vice Versa, was the earliest known U.S. periodical published especially for lesbians.

The magazine was the project of Lisa Ben (an anagram of 'lesbian'), a secretary in a Los Angeles, California Movie Studio. By her own account, Ben had "a lot of time to herself" at work and, starting in June 1947, "twice each month typed out five carbons and one original of Vice Versa. She described the intention of the magazine being to create "a medium through which we may express our thoughts, our emotions, our opinions- as long as material was 'within the bounds of good taste'".

The nine issues of Vice Versa created by Lisa Ben opened up a forum for lesbians to communicate with each other via readers' letters, personal essays, short fiction and poetry". The publication was free, and Ben distributed each issue herself initially. Issues were later passed from friend to friend in an informal network, so that each issue may have been read by dozens

Ben eventually left her job at RKO Studios, and publication of the magazine ceased in 1948.