This historic hotline offered lesbians support and advice for decades — this is the story of its rise and fall

The Lesbian Switchboard was a critical emotional bolster for women in the throes of questioning or crises. Chloe Lula for The Lily, covers the rise and fall of the Lesbian Switchboard, a Brooklyn based hotline operation that gave queer women support and advice, operating for more than two decades, between 1972 and 1997.