In this story I [Jeanne Cordova] seek to present a famous early weekend in lesbian history and its outsized impact on the future development of lesbian feminism. I tell the story of and hope to unpack the first National Lesbian Conference which took place at the University of Claifornia in LA (UCLA) in 1973. What makes this Conference historic is that in the opening years of lesbian feminism it was the first time thousands of lesbians, from 25 states, came together for a political conference. (In later years lesbians would gather in great numbers many times at women’s music festivals in all parts of America). My purpose here is to render a clear portrait of what happened at this Conference to young lesbians so that they might see the beginnings of their tribal history. And to place this Conference and the critical issues it raised-the beginnings of the transgender movement, the mapping out of a national lesbian political agendas, political agreements and clashes with ideological issues such as separatism and coalition politics, and organizing conferences — into an historical context which they can compare to issues and problems they as activists face today.