Eyde was born in San Francisco in 1921 and grew up an only child on an apricot ranch in Fremont Township, California.

Her father, Oscar E. Eyde (1888–1968) was a Norwegian-born insurance agent and her mother, the former Olive Elizabeth Colegrove (1888–1953), was a housewife.

During this period she acquired some notoriety within fandom due to her proclamation of an interest in Satanism, which drew comments from Henry Kuttner and Wilson Tucker, among others.

[13] Eyde first identified as a lesbian in 1946,[9] when she noticed that many of the other women in her apartment building did not spend time talking about boyfriends and breakups.

I couldn't go down the street saying 'I'm looking for lesbian friends'...[Vice Versa] gave me a way of reaching out to other gay gals—a way of getting to know other gals....when I had something to hand out and when I tried to talk girls into writing for my magazine, I no longer had any trouble going up to new people.

She initially mailed three copies to friends and distributed the rest by hand, particularly at the If Club, one of Los Angeles' first lesbian bars.

She had also accomplished her goal of increasing her circle of friends, and she wanted to spend more time enjoying her new lifestyle rather than writing about it.

[20] Despite the short run of the magazine, Eyde is credited with "set[ting] the agenda that has dominated lesbian and gay journalism for fifty years [by] introduc[ing] many of the characteristics that would define the myriad publications that would follow".

Eyde resumed her earlier interest in music and began writing and performing gay-themed parodies of popular songs at a local gay club called The Flamingo.

The record included her own composition, "Cruisin' Down the Boulevard" with a queer version of "Frankie and Johnny" on the flip side.

[30] Despite the short run of her magazine Vice Versa, Eyde is credited with "set[ting] the agenda that has dominated lesbian and gay journalism for fifty years [by] introduc[ing] many of the characteristics that would define the myriad publications that would follow".

[9] While few copies of her magazine survive, a complete set can be found at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives in Los Angeles.