Religion
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Feminist and AIDS advocacy leader
Denver, CO
Carol Lease was born in Denver, Colorado in 1948, the third of nine children in a staunchly Catholic family. In 1966, she headed off to...
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Lakota Elder, Women's Activist, Founder of the Women's Sundance
Huntington, VT
Beverly Little Thunder was born on December 31, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Her early years were divided between Los Angeles and her grandmother's home...
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CO-FOUNDER OF IRANIAN MAGAZINE / ORGANIZATION HOMAN
Los Angeles, CA
Albert Maghbouleh was born in Tehran, Iran on August 20, 1958, to an Iranian-Jewish family surrounded by a tight-knit community. At age 16, he moved...
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Trans Wilderness Survivalist
Challis, ID
Sophia Margeaux was born Jon Winegarner in Hettinger, North Dakota in 1953. (Editor’s note: Sophia continues to use both names in different contexts. Sophia also...
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late-blooming lesbian activist
Los Angeles, CA
Lee LeFaive Marquardt was born in 1942 in Jackson, Michigan. During World War II, Lee’s parents worked in factories to support their seven children. Afterwards,...
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women’s basketball player, 1976 silver medal Olympian
Jersey City, NJ
Gail Marquis was born in New York City in 1954 and grew up in St. Albans, Queens, NY. She grew up in a large family...
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TRANS FOUNDER OF JUXTAPOSED CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATION
Stone Mountain, GA
Tracee McDaniel was born on January 20th 1967 in Sumter, South Carolina. After her father’s passing, her mother raised Tracee and her brother on her...
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businessman, gay philanthropy visionary
Palm Springs, CA
John McDonald was born in 1932 in Pennsylvania, and grew up in Los Angeles. He received his BA in geology from UCLA, and his law...
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physician, HIV/AIDS activist, foundation starter
Honolulu, HI
David Bruce McEwan, M.D., was born in Manitoba, Canada in 1946, and raised in Henrietta, a suburb of Rochester, New York. At the age of...
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TRANS LEGAL ACTIVIST, FAITH RECONCILER
Washington D.C., DC
Shannon Minter was born on Valentine’s Day, 1961. He grew up female in a close-knit family and faith community in East Texas. In high school,...
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Homeowner in “Womontown” Lesbian Community of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Sue Moreno was born to Chicana and Indigenous Mexican parents on February 25th 1957 in Davenport, Iowa. She grew up in a low-income, multicultural neighborhood...
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Black and women's pathfinder, activist, filmmaker
Chicago, IL
Mary Morten is a consultant, filmmaker, and feminist who has spent her life advocating for LGBTQ and women’s rights in Chicago. Born on Chicago’s south...
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bisexual and pro-feminist men’s activist
Oakland, CA
Thomas Mosmiller was born September 19th, 1947, in Baltimore, the youngest child in a traditional Irish-German Catholic immigrant family. Tom attended an all-boys Catholic high...
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gay bar owner, AIDS care provider
Jackson, MS
Jack was born in Pelahatchie, Mississippi in 1944. His father owned a logging and lumber business, and later a small engine repair shop. Jack’s mother...
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Founder, GenderTalk radio
Los Ranchos, NM
Nancy Nangeroni was born in Boston, raised in Milton, Massachusetts, and graduated from MIT in 1976 with a degree in electrical engineering. After graduation, she...
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Transgender former Baptist minister and her wife
Kentwood, MI
Julie Nemecek was born John Nemecek on March 28, 1951, in Chicago, while her father was a Baptist seminary student. The oldest of four children,...
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