Coming Out
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Lakota Elder, Women's Activist, Founder of the Women's Sundance
Huntington, VT
Beverly Little Thunder was born on December 31, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Her early years were divided between Los Angeles and her grandmother's home...
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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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Trans Wilderness Survivalist
Challis, ID
Sophia Margeaux was born Jon Winegarner in Hettinger, North Dakota in 1953. (Editor’s note: Sophia continues to use both names in different contexts. Sophia also...
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late-blooming lesbian activist
Los Angeles, CA
Lee LeFaive Marquardt was born in 1942 in Jackson, Michigan. During World War II, Lee’s parents worked in factories to support their seven children. Afterwards,...
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women’s basketball player, 1976 silver medal Olympian
Jersey City, NJ
Gail Marquis was born in New York City in 1954 and grew up in St. Albans, Queens, NY. She grew up in a large family...
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Original Member of Fat Lip Readers Theater and Artist
Berkeley, CA
Judith Masur was born on February 22, 1946 in Manhattan, New York. She was raised in Yonkers with her brother, the actor Richard Masur. From...
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Daughters of Bilitis activist, urban planner
Kennett Square, PA
Marjorie (Marge) McCann was born in 1939 in New Jersey, the eldest of five children. When she was a freshman in high school, her family...
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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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TRANS LEGAL ACTIVIST, FAITH RECONCILER
Washington D.C., DC
Shannon Minter was born on Valentine’s Day, 1961. He grew up female in a close-knit family and faith community in East Texas. In high school,...
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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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bisexual and pro-feminist men’s activist
Oakland, CA
Thomas Mosmiller was born September 19th, 1947, in Baltimore, the youngest child in a traditional Irish-German Catholic immigrant family. Tom attended an all-boys Catholic high...
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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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