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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Elizabeth Coffey-Williams

JOHN WATERS INGENUE, TRANS TRAILBLAZER

Philadelphia, PA

Elizabeth Coffey-Williams was born in 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 5, moved with her parents to Philadelphia. Her dad was...
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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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Pam David

SOCIAL JUSTICE & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVIST

Mill Valley, CA

Pam David was born in 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Highland Park, historically one of two villages on Chicago’s north shore...
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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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Toni Diamond

DISABLED VETERAN, 1ST TRANS CANDIDATE FOR STATE OFFICE IN SD

Rapid City, SD

Toni Diamond was born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota on January 16th 1968. She grew up in a physically, emotionally, and mentally abusive home, which...
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Rochelle A. Diamond

CALTECH SCIENTIST, QUEER ACTIVIST

Pasadena, CA

Rochelle Anne “Shelley” Diamond was born on August 9, 1951, in Phoenix, Arizona. Both her parents came from merchandising families, and her Jewish family owned...
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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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Tom Dyer

gay newspaper publisher

Winter Park, FL

Tom Dyer was born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1955. When he was 7 or 8, Tom was discovered by his brother and father playing Barbies...
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Elana Dykewomon

lesbian novelist, fat activist

Oakland, CA

Elana Dykewomon was born on October 11, 1949 in New York. She grew up in a Jewish American household, with a father who fought in...
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Jan Edwards

SCHOOL TEACHER & COUNSELOR, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST

Sonoma, CA

Jan Edwards was born on March 30, 1938 in Cleveland, the first of two daughters born to James Borgia, who was of Sicilian descent, and...
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Denise Eger

Pioneering lesbian rabbi; ally to congregants with HIV

Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, CA

Rabbi Denise Eger was born on March 14, 1960 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Her devout Jewish family settled in Memphis, Tennessee around 1972. Rabbi Eger...
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