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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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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Susan Allen

Women's Reproductive freedom activist

Slidell, LA

Susan Jane Allen was born in Detroit in 1948. Her parents, Leo and Helen Allen, both worked in the space industry. In 1962, the family...
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Noel Alumit

Writer, actor, HIV educator, meditation teacher

Los Angeles, CA

Noel Alumit was born on January 1, 1968 in Baguio City, Philippines. Noel’s family moved to Boston when he was 2 years old when his...
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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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Cliff Arnesen

VETERAN & BISEXUAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Canton, MA

Cliff Arnesen was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1948. His father was an alcoholic merchant marine and longshoreman. His...
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Roy Ashburn

Reformed anti-LGBTQ+ politician

San Luis Obispo, CA

Roy Ashburn was born in Long Beach, California, in 1954, and grew up in San Luis Obispo along California’s central coast. At 8, Roy became...
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Al Baum

Lawyer, urban planner, psychotherapist, philanthropist

San Francisco, CA

Al Baum was born in 1930 and raised in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. His father was a successful investment counselor, and hoped that...
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Terry Baum

Author and playwright; founder, Lilith Theater

San Francisco, CA

Terry Baum was born November 27, 1946 in Los Angeles. She describes her early life in LA as a “reasonably happy Jewish middle-class childhood.” During...
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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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Jolino Beserra and David Edward Byrd

Power Artist Couple: Mosaics and Music Posters

Los Angeles, CA

David Edward Byrd was born on August 4, 1941 in Cleveland, Tennessee. His parents split up promptly afterwards, so David grew up spending his school...
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Brett Bigham

Oregon Teacher of the Year

Portland, OR

Brett Bigham was born on June 24, 1964, in Sparks, Nevada. Throughout childhood, Brett was a frequent target for his older brother’s violence, and he...
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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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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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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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