1952-1973 Homosexuality in the DSM
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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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Award-Winning Lesbian Author, Scholar, Historian
San Diego, CA
Lillian Faderman, born on July 18th, 1940 in the Bronx, moved with her mother to Boyle Heights in Los Angeles in 1948. Lillian’s father refused...
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Nanette Gartrell and Dee Mosbacher
psychiatrists in research and film
San Francisco, CA
Nanette Gartrell, MD and Diane (Dee) Mosbacher, MD, PhD are psychiatrists in love. Dee is also a filmmaker and social justice activist; and Nanette is...
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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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traiblazing lesbian photojournalist
Kennett Square, PA
From very early on, Kay Lahusen loved sports, and taking pictures with her box camera. So it’s not surprising that she went on to become...
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gay mental health reformer; author, The Joy of Gay Sex
New York, NY
Charles Silverstein was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1935, and grew up in what he describes as a very typical Jewish family of that era:...
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