thanks for posting this Sled Dog! Great article...I just read a lot of history last night on olivia and ordered the book that the company was named after and some of the original albums from the olivia records..so its good timing to read this too! Its always great to remember things werent always as Open as they are now and how much of a struggle women like Judy pioneered thru for us! And just all the challenges lesbians faced living "alone" and isolated as she said....the cruises and trips for me are always a huge social outlet to meet women from all walks of life and all over the world!