She was married for seven years before divorcing and coming out as a lesbian in San Francisco in the early 1970s. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute in New York in 1968, after which she worked as a college art teacher. While living in the south, she was active in the civil rights movement. Petersburg Junior College before earning her Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Florida. Petersburg, Florida, to a mother who was also an artist. Corinne was born on November 3, 1943, in St. "She was one of the first women to create sexual images and writing for women, from a woman's point of view, outside the male-driven porn machinery." "Tee Corinne was one of the earliest pioneers of the modern lesbian and women's erotica movements," sex educator Greta Christina wrote in a recent tribute. She broke ground with The Cunt Coloring Book and her frank portrayals of lesbian sexuality. Corinne was best known for her work as a photographer, although she was also an illustrator, painter, sculptor, poet, and art critic. Corinne died Sunday, August 27 at her home in southern Oregon after a battle with liver cancer.
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