Anne Charles and Linda Quinlan

writers; public access show co-hosts

Montpelier, VT

Anne Charles was born on May 14, 1951, in Houston, Texas. She was raised by her single mother in Buffalo, New York, and never knew...
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Karen Clark

groundbreaking Minnesota politician

Minneapolis, MN

Karen was born in 1945 in Oklahoma, but her family soon moved to a farm in Edgerton, Minnesota. Because her family were sharecroppers, Karen learned...
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Emma Colquitt-Sayers

Medical care entrepreneur

Grand Prairie, TX

Emma Colquitt-Sayers was born in 1953 in Alabama, and grew up mostly in Hastings, Florida with her grandmother, a share cropper who taught her the...
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Jennifer Crossen

adoption trailblazer

Lawrenceburg, KY

Jennifer Crossen was born in 1957 in Yokosuka, Japan, where her father was stationed as a  doctor in the U.S. Navy. At three, Jennifer’s family...
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Jim Darby

teacher, veteran, activist

Chicago, IL

James Darby was born in Chicago on February 26, 1932 where he attended parochial and public schools. His family was devoutly Catholic, hardscrabble and poor....
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Ed De Hay

floral designer, cancer survivor

Los Angeles, CA

Ed De Hay was born in the small town of Bamberg, South Carolina, on September 2, 1936.  Ed’s seven siblings were much older, so he...
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Felipa DeLeon and Monique Mousseau

Two-Spirit Founders of Uniting Resilience

Box Elder, SD

Felipa De Leon (native name: Theíčihila Wi) was born on June 1st 1969 in Dowagiac, Michigan, and grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation....
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Marianne Diaz

community mental health activist

Phillips Ranch, Pomona, CA

Marianne Diaz was born in Santa Monica, California, and grew up in Lennox, a poor neighborhood in the flight path of Los Angeles International Airport....
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Marlow Monique Dickson

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMER & NIGHTLIFE FIGURE

Chicago, IL

Guest interviewer Zackary Drucker recorded Marlow Monique's oral history for OUTWORDS in 2021. Zackary Drucker is an independent artist, filmmaker, and cultural producer. She has performed...
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Diane Divelbess

Artist, professor

Langley, WA

Born June 21, 1935, in Phoenix, Arizona, Diane Divelbess has been “an artist all her life.”  She received a BA degree from Scripps College and...
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JD Doyle

LGBTQ+ MUSIC / CULTURE PRESERVATIONIST

Houston, TX

JD Doyle was born on September 24, 1947 in Salem, Ohio. Growing up, JD discovered a passion for chemistry, and later earned his degree in...
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Martin Duberman

author, academic, activist

New York, NY

Martin Duberman is an American historian and writer, and one of the pre-eminent scholars of the LGBTQ movement. Martin was born in 1930. His father...
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Doc Duhon

BDSM & POLYAMORY EDUCATOR, HIV EDUCATOR

Palm Springs, CA

Doc Duhon was born in 1954 in Reno, Nevada. Two years later, Doc’s Cajun father moved the family to his home state of Louisiana. Doc’s...
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Arden Eversmeyer

founder, old lesbian oral history project

Houston, TX

Arden Eversmeyer was born on April 4, 1931, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. She moved with her parents and younger sister to Dallas, Texas in 1943....
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Lillian Faderman

Award-Winning Lesbian Author, Scholar, Historian

San Diego, CA

Lillian Faderman, born on July 18th, 1940 in the Bronx,  moved with her mother to Boyle Heights in Los Angeles in 1948. Lillian’s father refused...
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Jan Felshin and Edrie Ferdun

Teachers and Mentors

Cherry Grove, PA

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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