Religion
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Co-founder of Homan Los Angeles, Psychotherapist, Author
West Hollywood, CA
Payam Ghassemlou was born in 1966 in Tehran, Iran. From a young age, Payam realized he was different from his peers, identifying as gay in...
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INTERSEX BDSM EDUCATOR, RADIO HOST
Houston, TX
Ladyboy Gigi was born in 1955 in Houston, Texas. At birth, Gigi’s genitalia did not fit the standard definitions for male or female bodies (a...
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Psychologist, advocate for AAPI and LGBTQ+ mental health
Los Angeles, CA
Terry Gock was born in Hong Kong on August 10, 1951. His family owned a large Shanghai department store, so Terry and his brother grew...
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co-founder, salsa soul sisters
Brooklyn, NY
Cassandra Grant was born in 1947 in New York City. Her family lived in the Lincoln Projects in Harlem, a haven for Black World War...
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actor, dancer, music director
Gun Barrel City, TX
Jim Gribben was born in 1943 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Though his childhood was difficult, Jim’s “small but mighty” mother taught him strength and resilience. As...
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environmental feminist author and activist
Berkeley, CA
Susan Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California in 1943. She came into the world at a time of global war and the Holocaust. These...
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Gay Liberation Front radical; artist
New York, NY
Michela Griffo was born in 1949 in Rochester, New York, into a large, unruly family of Irish, Germans, Italians—what Michela calls the United Nations of...
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businessman; physician; co-founders, Equity Foundation
Portland, OR
Jim Vegher was born in 1939 in San Pedro, California, the second oldest in a family of eight kids. Jim’s devoutly Catholic father was thrilled...
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realtor; HRC humanitarian of the year
Dallas, TX
Mike Grossman was born in Minneapolis in 1941 into a traditional Jewish family. At the age of five, he contracted polio, which separated him from...
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psychotherapist, ‘de-cluttering’ professional
Lauderdale, MS
Kim Grubbs was born in 1955 in McComb, Mississippi. When he was about nine years old, his dad purchased a pharmacy in Harlandale, a town...
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Latine Activist
Los Angeles, CA
Richard Haggen was born in Inglewood, California in 1957 to a Mexican-Norwegian household. Richard’s early years were made vibrant by the bold Pachuco style of...
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‘gay gene’ geneticist, HIV researcher, filmmaker
Haleiwa, HI
Dean Hamer was born in 1951 in Montclair, New Jersey. He graduated from Trinity College in Connecticut and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School....
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Stonewall arrestee, early trans catalyst, entertainer, author
Palmdale, CA
Christy Henderson-Jenkins was born on November 11th, 1949. She spent her childhood years in Philadelphia before moving to Arizona with her mother and stepfather at...
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AIDS activist; creator, “Aging Gayfully”
Sonoma, CA
Gary “Buz” Hermes was born on January 11, 1939 in Napa, California – not the global wine destination of today, but a small, conservative farming...
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Native American Professor, Clinical Psychologist
Berkeley, CA
Two-spirit educator and psychologist Dr. Eugene Hightower was born in Los Angeles in 1951. He grew up in LA as part of a big family...
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PHOTOGRAPHER, ART MAGAZINE FOUNDER
Los Angeles, CA
Louis Jacinto was born on November 13, 1955 in Bakersfield, California. His father was a railroad worker and his mother stayed home to raise the...
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