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Gay Catholic theologian
Little Rock, AR
William Lindsey was born on March 30, 1950. After a childhood in Little Rock and El Dorado, Arkansas, Bill pursued an academic career. He received...
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Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Elder
Sequim, WA
Michael Rueben Lowe was born on April 18, 1947 in Port Angeles, Washington. His father was Native American, so he spent his early childhood with...
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Activist, artist, educator, writer, and QVC host
Inglewood, CA
Dale Guy Madison was born on March 22, 1958 at a naval base in Great Lakes, Illinois. His father was a naval officer who was...
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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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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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CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZER & ACTIVIST, AUTHOR, PLAYWRIGHT
New York, NY
David Mixner was born on August 16, 1946, and grew up dirt poor in the town of Elmer, New Jersey. David says his early values...
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"Greatest Generation" Gay Jewish New Yorker, museum volunteer
New York, NY
Legacy of Voices is an oral history project created in 2008 by Lara Spotts and Brian O’Donnell, inspired by their realization that to better understand...
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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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Colombian HIV/AIDS advocate
Miami, FL
Eddie Orozco was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1965, one of ten siblings, and immigrated to Miami in 1980. While Eddie had been aware of...
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gender non-conforming performing artist & writer
Los Angeles, CA
Paul Outlaw was born in New York City and raised on a Lower East Side housing project with his five siblings. His early passion for...
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Agitator living longterm with HIV/AIDS
Oakland, CA
Waiyde Palmer was born on October 17th, 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has four siblings, but is the youngest by a full decade; as he...
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Founder, Metropolitan Community Church
Los Angeles, CA
Rev. Troy Perry was born in 1940 in Tallahassee, Florida, the first of five sons. His grandfather fought in the Civil War and his father...
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drag performer, nightclub proprietor
Meally, KY
Bradley Picklesimer was born on March 15, 1958, in Lexington, Kentucky. One of four children, Bradley had a happy early childhood with a father who...
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pastor, HIV survivor, “Eyes of Tammy Faye” interviewee
Los Angeles, CA
Steve Pieters was born on August 2nd, 1952 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He grew up on the campus of Phillips Academy, Andover, where his father worked...
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