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Trans Police Officer
Oakland, CA
Stephan 'Steph' Thorne was born on September 2nd, 1954, in Hillsboro, Oregon. He grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska, where his mother moved the family to...
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Stutterer, Professor, and Novelist
Seattle, WA
John Whittier Treat was born on August 10, 1953 in New Haven, Connecticut, and was raised Catholic in a close-knit family. At age twelve, John...
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LGBTQ historian
St Paul, MN
Jean Tretter was born in 1946, in Little Falls, Minnesota, into a German-Catholic family who had immigrated to the United States a century before. During...
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lesbian separatist, tattoo shop owner, painter
Seattle, WA
Lamar Van Dyke was born Heather Elizabeth Nelson in Canada in 1947, and grew up in Buffalo, New York. Lamar’s mother was a homemaker, and...
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rural gay men's community builder
Ukiah, CA
Ron Vanscoyk was born in 1949 in Logansport, Indiana, and moved with his family to San Diego in 1953. Although he was attracted to boys...
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Emmy-winning comedian
West Hollywood, CA
Bruce Vilanch was born in 1948 in New York City, and raised by his adoptive parents Jonas and Henne in Paterson, New Jersey. He developed...
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Intersex and non-binary artist
Örebro, Sweden
Del LaGrace Volcano (they/them) was born Deborah Diane Wood in Orange, California in 1957. After Del's father and mother separated, their childhood was split between...
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Wisconsin LGBTQ politician, historian
Madison, WI
Dick Wagner was born in 1943 in Dayton, Ohio into a traditional German Catholic family (his great grandparents ran a successful beer brewery). Dick attended...
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"The Experience" workshop leader, wellness activist
Santa Fe, NM
Honey Ward was born and raised in Southern California. At the age of 26, she participated in The Advocate Experience, a transformational weekend workshop (later...
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interior designer, art gallery director
New York, NY
Rags Watkins was born in San Francisco on Halloween night, 1948. After his parents separated, Rags lived in San Francisco with his mother Peggy Tolk-Watkins,...
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mormon parents and their gay son
Provo, UT
Gary Watts was born in 1940 in Logan, Utah into a committed Mormon family. He attended Utah State University, where he was captain of the...
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AIDS community activist; founder, The Victory Fund
Linden, VA
William Waybourn was born in 1947 in Houston, Texas, and raised on a farm in Matador, Texas, 95 miles east of Lubbock – in other...
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Concert Pianist, Composer, Activist Living with HIV/AIDS
Cleveland, MS
Robin Webb was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1957. Robin’s parents loved him and his two brothers unconditionally; he describes them as the “best parents...
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founder, Mothertongue Feminist Theater Collective
San Francisco, CA
Corinne Sue Wick, today known as Corky, was born in 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin into a large Jewish family. She went to the University of...
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Transgender author and activist
Miami Beach, FL
Riki Wilchins was born on April 3rd, 1952, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a high-achieving student, performing the valediction at her high school, before earning...
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businessman; founder, The Williams Institute
Malibu, CA
Chuck Williams was born in Los Angeles to parents who moved to California to get away from their uptight religious families in Texas. From early...
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