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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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ACTOR, WRITER, FOUNDER OF LESBIAN LATINA THEATRE COMPANY MACHA
Valley Village, Los Angeles, CA
Odalys Nanin was born on March 16, 1959, in Havana, Cuba. She grew up in Havana on the block where her entire extended family lived....
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Groundbreaking folk and protest musician
Ukiah, CA
Holly Near was born on June 6th, 1949 in Potter Valley, California, a remote enclave in Mendocino County, and grew up on a farm where...
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Ocean distance swimmer; sexual abuse survivor
Los Angeles, CA
Diana Nyad was born in 1949 in New York City. When she was three, her parents divorced and her mother married Aristotle Nyad, a Greek-Egyptian...
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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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Political and non-profit activist
Santa Monica, CA
Torie Osborn was born in 1950 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and moved with her family to Madrid, Spain at the age of five. In Madrid, Torie...
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Teacher, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) organizer
Portland, ME
Betsy Parsons was born in 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents soon moved to Streator, a small Illinois corn town, where her father practiced medicine...
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2015 Texas & U.S. Teacher of the Year
Amarillo, TX
Shanna Peeples was born on April 16, 1965 in Borger, Texas. After her parents’ divorce, she moved in with her deeply religious grandparents. In high...
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Co-founder, Southerners on New Ground
Little Rock, AR
Suzanne Pharr was born in 1939, the youngest of eight kids, and raised on a farm near Lawrenceville, Georgia. From day one, she was in...
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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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Lebanese-American therapist, former lesbian separatist
Saugerties, NY
Cheryl Qamar was born on October 17, 1950 in Wichita, Kansas, and grew up on the east side of Wichita–the only Arab family on that...
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FEMINIST POET, WRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER, PEACE ACTIVIST
Albuquerque, NM
Margaret Randall was born on December 6th, 1936, in New York City. Growing up, she had occasional crushes on women but gave little thought to...
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activist, organizer, reconciler
Des Moines, IA
For more than 30 years, Donna Red Wing was a national leader in the fight for human rights, civil rights and LGBTQ equality. The Christian...
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LESBIAN ACTIVIST, AUTHOR, ARTIST, NATURALIST
Elkins, AR
Born in New York City on Oct 17, 1931, Diana Smith (later Diana Rivers) grew up near Morristown, New Jersey, within an artistic and literary...
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