Jim Darby

teacher, veteran, activist

Chicago, IL

James Darby was born in Chicago on February 26, 1932 where he attended parochial and public schools. His family was devoutly Catholic, hardscrabble and poor....
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Luigi Ferrer

bisexual activist, HIV community activist

Miami, FL

Luigi Ferrer was born in 1958 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. During his childhood, he bounced between Puerto Rico and Columbia, South Carolina, then attended the...
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Cassandra Grant

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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Pat Hussain

Co-founder, Southerners On New Ground (SONG)

Decatur, GA

Pat Hussain was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1950. She attended segregated schools though high school. In 1963, Pat attended a civil rights sit-in at...
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Loraine Hutchins

bisexual activist, writer, educator

Takoma Park, MD

Loraine Hutchins was born in the late 1940s in Washington, DC. She graduated with a degree in English and American Literature in 1970 from Shimer...
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Lani Ka’ahumanu

bisexual/feminist activist and author

Cazadero, CA

Lani Ka’ahumanu was born in Edmonton, Alberta and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lani is known today as one of the major...
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Lisa Oakley

Trans woman, healthcare worker, advocate for affirming end-of-life care

Grand Junction, CO

Lisa Oakley was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up, Lisa’s mother wanted Lisa to play sports and have male friends, but Lisa was...
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Honey Ward

"The Experience" workshop leader, wellness activist

Santa Fe, NM

Honey Ward was born and raised in Southern California. At the age of 26, she participated in The Advocate Experience, a transformational weekend workshop (later...
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Jessica Xavier

Trans Activist, Founder of Transgender Nation – Washington

Silver Spring, MD

Jessica Xavier was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1952. Growing up in a government family, Jessica was raised in a Roman Catholic household, later attending...
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