However , there was conflict between lesbians and straight ( heterosexual ) women in the feminist movement . In the 1960s and 1970s some straight ( women who like men ) feminists wanted the lesbians out of the women 's rights movement . The majority of media about lesbians is produced by men ; women 's publishing companies did not develop until the 1970s , films about lesbians made by women did not appear until the 1980s , and television shows portraying lesbians written by women have been created within the past ten years .