In 1976, , editor of the gay men's magazine , used the term in reference to female readers of the magazine in a column of letters titled . While not all women whose letters appeared in "Yurizoku no Heya" were lesbians, and it is unclear whether the column was the first instance of the term "yuri" in this context, an association of "yuri" with lesbianism subsequently developed. For example, the "tanbi" magazine began publishing in July 1983 as a personal ad column for "lesbiennes" to communicate.