Coming Out
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RADICAL FAERIE, THERAPIST, POET
Decatur, GA
Franklin Abbot was born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in Birmingham, Buffalo, and Nashville. As a kid, Franklin marched to the beat...
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GAY MUSLIM IMAM
Chicago, IL
Imam Daayiee Abdullah was born Sidney Thompson in Detroit, Michigan on January 11th, 1954. From a very young age, Daayiee displayed an independent mind, becoming...
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Psychologist, wellness non-profit founder
San Francisco, CA
Marcy Adelman was born on August 12th, 1946, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was raised in a multigenerational household infused with values of history, family, and...
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Proud Parent Ally, Author, Public Speaker, founder of Okaeri
Pasadena, CA
Marsha Aizumi was born on May 28, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents were originally from Southern California, but were displaced to the midwest from...
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Cuban-American fashion designer and HIV activist
Palm Springs, CA
Juan-Manuel Alonso was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1952. He spent his infancy and early childhood in a country in the midst of revolution. After...
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Writer, actor, HIV educator, meditation teacher
Los Angeles, CA
Noel Alumit was born on January 1, 1968 in Baguio City, Philippines. Noel’s family moved to Boston when he was 2 years old when his...
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Two-spirit poet and educator
Lakewood, CO
Crisosto Apache was born in 1971 in New Mexico. His father is a member of the Diné (Navajo) tribe and his mother is part Mescalero...
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Two-spirit transgender educator
San Francisco, CA
Born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1957, Marcus Arana was given the name Mary by his parents. As one of three children in a working class...
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Vivienne Armstrong and Louise Young
LGBTQ+ political and business leaders
Dallas, TX
Vivienne ‘Viv’ Armstrong was born on April 12, 1947, in Knoxville, Tennessee. While attending nursing school in San Francisco, she became active with the Daughters...
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Ifa Priestess, Author, Same Gender Loving (SGL) Activist
Palm Springs, CA
Love TaShia Asanti was born on September 23, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up in Los Angeles, she was exposed to the area’s poverty and...
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Reformed anti-LGBTQ+ politician
San Luis Obispo, CA
Roy Ashburn was born in Long Beach, California, in 1954, and grew up in San Luis Obispo along California’s central coast. At 8, Roy became...
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Interdisciplinary artist, intersex activist
Helena, MT
Eden Atwood was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1969. Her father, Hub Atwood, was a well-respected composer, and her mother, Helen Guthrie, was a fundraiser...
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Painter; Christopher Isherwood’s lover
Santa Monica, CA
Don Bachardy was born May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles, CA. Growing up, he worked in a grocery store and spent his free time going...
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Swiss immigrant, multi linguist
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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Technology pioneer, philanthropist
Orem, UT
Bruce was born March 23, 1948 in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was the fifth of six children in a musically inclined Mormon family. He grew...
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