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bisexual activist, HIV community activist
Miami, FL
Luigi Ferrer was born in 1958 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. During his childhood, he bounced between Puerto Rico and Columbia, South Carolina, then attended the...
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first openly transgender judge in U.S.
Houston, TX
At her birth in 1948, Phyllis Randolph Frye was named Phillip. Growing up in Texas, Phillip became an Eagle Scout and was the commander of...
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Nanette Gartrell and Dee Mosbacher
psychiatrists in research and film
San Francisco, CA
Nanette Gartrell, MD and Diane (Dee) Mosbacher, MD, PhD are psychiatrists in love. Dee is also a filmmaker and social justice activist; and Nanette is...
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black lesbian vampire novelist
San Francisco, CA
Jewelle Gomez was born on September 11, 1948 and grew up in Boston. Jewelle is of Cape Verdean/Wampanoag/Ioway descent, and was largely raised by her...
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Author, Psychologist, APA Leader
Brooklyn, NY
Beverly Greene was born in 1950 in East Orange, New Jersey. She grew up in a multi-generational household within a close-knit local community; she describes...
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actor, dancer, music director
Gun Barrel City, TX
Jim Gribben was born in 1943 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Though his childhood was difficult, Jim’s “small but mighty” mother taught him strength and resilience. As...
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businessman; physician; co-founders, Equity Foundation
Portland, OR
Jim Vegher was born in 1939 in San Pedro, California, the second oldest in a family of eight kids. Jim’s devoutly Catholic father was thrilled...
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realtor; HRC humanitarian of the year
Dallas, TX
Mike Grossman was born in Minneapolis in 1941 into a traditional Jewish family. At the age of five, he contracted polio, which separated him from...
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psychotherapist, ‘de-cluttering’ professional
Lauderdale, MS
Kim Grubbs was born in 1955 in McComb, Mississippi. When he was about nine years old, his dad purchased a pharmacy in Harlandale, a town...
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Lead Plaintiff to Legalize Gay Sex in Montana
Helena, MT
Linda Gryczan was born on September 23rd, 1953, the oldest of five siblings, and grew up in Western Colorado. At 11 years old, she read...
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Co-founder, Southerners On New Ground (SONG)
Decatur, GA
Pat Hussain was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1950. She attended segregated schools though high school. In 1963, Pat attended a civil rights sit-in at...
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Artist, Scholar, and Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
Los Angeles, CA
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones was born on October 25th, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Around 1960, her family moved to a new development in the...
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disabled writer, arts administrator, Vermont legislator
South Burlington, VT
John Killacky was born on June 24, 1952 in Chicago, and grew up in a working-class Irish Catholic family, the eldest son out of five...
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LGBTQ+ policymaker, Former Mayor of Palm Springs
Palm Springs, CA
Geoff Kors was born on April 30, 1961 in New York City, the grandchild of Eastern European immigrants. His father was a lawyer and his...
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KAUAI COUNCIL MEMBER AND PRIDE MARSHAL
Anahola, HI
KipuKai L.P. Kuali’i was born on Kauai, in Lihue, Hawaii, on March 17, 1962, to a Native Hawaiian father and a Portuguese mother. His parents...
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