Franklin Abbott

RADICAL FAERIE, THERAPIST, POET

Decatur, GA

Franklin Abbot was born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in Birmingham, Buffalo, and Nashville. As a kid, Franklin marched to the beat...
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Judy Abdo

Santa Monica mayor, shelter founder

Santa Monica, CA

Judy Abdo (née Ulrich) was born on October 23, 1943. She describes her early childhood in Inglewood, California as “idyllic” — she hosted classmates to...
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Marcy Adelman

Psychologist, wellness non-profit founder

San Francisco, CA

Marcy Adelman was born on August 12th, 1946, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was raised in a multigenerational household infused with values of history, family, and...
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Marsha Aizumi

Proud Parent Ally, Author, Public Speaker, founder of Okaeri

Pasadena, CA

Marsha Aizumi was born on May 28, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents were originally from Southern California, but were displaced to the midwest from...
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Marcus Arana

Two-spirit transgender educator

San Francisco, CA

Born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1957, Marcus Arana was given the name Mary by his parents. As one of three children in a working class...
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Vivienne Armstrong and Louise Young

LGBTQ+ political and business leaders

Dallas, TX

Vivienne ‘Viv’ Armstrong was born on April 12, 1947, in Knoxville, Tennessee. While attending nursing school in San Francisco, she became active with the Daughters...
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Robert Arrington

pastor, HIV community activist

Charleston, SC

Robert Arrington was born February 1960 in Harlem, New York to. He grew up as one of three siblings with a strict father and a...
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Bruce Bastian

Technology pioneer, philanthropist

Orem, UT

Bruce was born March 23, 1948 in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was the fifth of six children in a musically inclined Mormon family. He grew...
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Ada Bello

Cuban-American chemist and lesbian activist

Philadelphia, PA

Ada Bello was born into a middle-class family in 1933 in Havana, Cuba. Aware from early on that she was attracted to girls, she also...
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Betty C. Berrysmith

Chef and Queer Rights Activist

La Quinta, CA

Betty C. Berrysmith was born on April 4, 1953 in Seattle, Washington and raised alongside her three siblings. Facing unjust working conditions and limitations due...
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Hector Black

Quaker peace activist, Radical Faerie

Cookeville, TN

Hector Black was born on February 12, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. On the cusp of being sent to the front lines in World War...
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Peggy Blevins

ALLY, SURROGATE MOTHER TO TWO-SPIRIT COMMUNITIES

Jay, OK

Peggy Blevins was born on July 8th, 1952. She was raised on a farm in Jay, Oklahoma, a small city with a vibrant Native American...
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David Bohnett

Internet technology entrepreneur; philanthropist

Los Angeles, CA

David Bohnett was born April 2, 1956. His father was a business executive and his mother a preschool teacher. David earned his BS in Business...
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Marsha Botzer

Trans Spaces Creator, Labor Organizer

Quilcene, WA

Marsha Botzer was born in Seattle, Washington on February 26th, 1947. She describes her early years as “quiet,” with “not much talk about being or...
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Patrick Bova

public opinion researcher and activist

Chicago, IL

Patrick Bova was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1938. His grandparents had come to America from Italy in the late 19th century. Patrick had three...
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Carolyn Brandy

Drummer, creator of women's drumming spaces

Cheltenham, PA

Carolyn Brandy was born in Tampa, Florida on July 20, 1946. With a father in the US Army special forces, Carolyn lived in Georgia, Maryland,...
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