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organizer, 1979 March on washington; bisexual activist
Washington D.C., DC
ABilly Jones-Hennin was born in 1942 on St. John’s, Antigua and adopted at age three by civil rights activists with nine other adopted kids. After...
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Transgender Educator, Volunteer
Harvey, IL
Lonnie Kenebrew was born on July 20, 1965 in Harvey Illinois. He grew up in a lively family of 11 in Robbins, Illinois. He fondly...
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Cartoonist, creator of first ongoing gay/lesbian African-American comic strip characters
Portland, OR
Rupert Kinnard was born on July 21, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up on the west side surrounded by extended family. Rupert disliked school...
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Black Trans Activist, Hairstylist
Memphis, TN
La’Cretia La’Mour was born on September 29, 1947 in Tupelo, Mississippi. She grew up in the Shake Rag area of Tupelo, in a segregated community...
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Trans Health Activist and Educator, Artist
San Francisco, CA
Yoseñio Lewis was born in October 1959 in Newport, Rhode Island. A transgender man and Latino of African descent, he is also a trans rights...
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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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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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TRANS FOUNDER OF JUXTAPOSED CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATION
Stone Mountain, GA
Tracee McDaniel was born on January 20th 1967 in Sumter, South Carolina. After her father’s passing, her mother raised Tracee and her brother on her...
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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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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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transgender hairstylist, sex workers’ advocate
Washington D.C., DC
Valda Prout was born in 1935 in Boston. She was named Mallory at birth, and her life has been a long, eventful and colorful dance...
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Longtime HIV Survivor, HIV/AIDS Advocate/Ally
Greenville, NC
Esther Ross was born on April 22nd, 1961, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in Bucksport, South Carolina, she grew up as one of eleven siblings....
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LGBTQ, AIDS, and racial equity advocate and activist
Portland, OR
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in a family committed to justice and education, Kathleen Saadat graduated from Chicago’s Farragut High School in 1957...
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Minister, artist, and HIV/AIDS advocate
Decatur, GA
Duncan Teague’s parents met at choir rehearsal at his local Baptist church, and his father was a retired Baptist minister. Duncan was born on January...
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queer black dance club founder
Los Angeles, CA
Jewel Thais-Williams was born on May 9, 1939 in Gary, Indiana. The fifth of seven children, Jewel moved with her family to San Diego when...
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