Coming Out
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Mala Nagarajan and Vega Subramaniam
South Asian activists, founders of Trikone Northwest
Laurel, MD
Vega Subramaniam was born in Madras (now Chennai), India in 1965. Her family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin when she was three, and later to West...
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Founder, GenderTalk radio
Los Ranchos, NM
Nancy Nangeroni was born in Boston, raised in Milton, Massachusetts, and graduated from MIT in 1976 with a degree in electrical engineering. After graduation, she...
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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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Transgender former Baptist minister and her wife
Kentwood, MI
Julie Nemecek was born John Nemecek on March 28, 1951, in Chicago, while her father was a Baptist seminary student. The oldest of four children,...
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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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Bisexual educator, activist, and author
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
Robyn Ochs was born in 1958 in San Antonio, Texas. She studied Language and Culture and Latin American Studies at the State University of New...
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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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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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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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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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Trans health advocate; creator of TRANScestors anthologies
Yuba City, CA
Jude Patton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, assigned female at birth, and adopted at seven months old. Perhaps because his parents had experienced difficulty...
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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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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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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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