Mental Health
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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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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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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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Cuban-American fashion designer and HIV activist
Palm Springs, CA
Juan-Manuel Alonso was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1952. He spent his infancy and early childhood in a country in the midst of revolution. After...
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Interdisciplinary artist, intersex activist
Helena, MT
Eden Atwood was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1969. Her father, Hub Atwood, was a well-respected composer, and her mother, Helen Guthrie, was a fundraiser...
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Swiss immigrant, multi linguist
New York, NY
Legacy of Voices is an oral history project created in 2008 by Lara Spotts and Brian O’Donnell, inspired by their realization that to better understand...
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Disabled Suquamish Veteran
Suquamish, WA
Jean Belmont was born on April 7, 1960, in Fort Dix, New Jersey, the military base where her father was stationed. The very next day,...
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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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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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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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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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first trans surgeon to perform gender-affirming surgeries
Burlingame, CA
Dr. Marci Bowers was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1958. At age four, Marci and her family moved to Oconomowoc, a small town in...
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lawyer; founder, Trans People of Color Coalition
Washington D.C., DC
Kylar William Broadus was born on August 28, 1963 in Fayette, Missouri. His parents—William, a truck driver, and Fannie, a supervisor of housekeeping—instilled in their...
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The Actors Fund executive, healthcare advocate
New York, NY
Legacy of Voices is an oral history project created in 2008 by Lara Spotts and Brian O’Donnell, inspired by their realization that to better understand...
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HIV activist, community manager, women's advocate
Chalmette, LA
Gina Brown was born on January 15, 1966 in Pittsburgh, California. Up until age 4, her family lived happily in a middle class neighborhood. When...
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1st openly trans Native American state legislator
San Antonio, TX
Stephanie Byers was born on February 5th, 1963, in Norman, Oklahoma, to a mother she describes as a “firecracker” and a gentle, studious father of...
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