Tom Dyer

gay newspaper publisher

Winter Park, FL

Tom Dyer was born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1955. When he was 7 or 8, Tom was discovered by his brother and father playing Barbies...
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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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Mary Morten

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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Jack Myers

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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Barbara Poma

Owner, Pulse Nightclub

Maitland, FL

Barbara Poma was born in 1968 and raised in Coral Springs, Florida. After graduating from the University of Central Florida, she taught writing, debate, and...
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Patty Sheehan

First openly LGBTQ elected official in central Florida

Orlando, FL

Patty Sheehan was born on July 6, 1961, in Cleveland, Ohio. Raised in a deeply conservative Catholic family, she remembers telling a friend at age...
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