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Ocean distance swimmer; sexual abuse survivor
Los Angeles, CA
Diana Nyad was born in 1949 in New York City. When she was three, her parents divorced and her mother married Aristotle Nyad, a Greek-Egyptian...
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Trans woman, healthcare worker, advocate for affirming end-of-life care
Grand Junction, CO
Lisa Oakley was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up, Lisa’s mother wanted Lisa to play sports and have male friends, but Lisa was...
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Bisexual educator, activist, and author
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
Robyn Ochs was born in 1958 in San Antonio, Texas. She studied Language and Culture and Latin American Studies at the State University of New...
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Political and non-profit activist
Santa Monica, CA
Torie Osborn was born in 1950 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and moved with her family to Madrid, Spain at the age of five. In Madrid, Torie...
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Agitator living longterm with HIV/AIDS
Oakland, CA
Waiyde Palmer was born on October 17th, 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has four siblings, but is the youngest by a full decade; as he...
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Teacher, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) organizer
Portland, ME
Betsy Parsons was born in 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents soon moved to Streator, a small Illinois corn town, where her father practiced medicine...
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Trans health advocate; creator of TRANScestors anthologies
Yuba City, CA
Jude Patton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, assigned female at birth, and adopted at seven months old. Perhaps because his parents had experienced difficulty...
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2015 Texas & U.S. Teacher of the Year
Amarillo, TX
Shanna Peeples was born on April 16, 1965 in Borger, Texas. After her parents’ divorce, she moved in with her deeply religious grandparents. In high...
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Founder, Metropolitan Community Church
Los Angeles, CA
Rev. Troy Perry was born in 1940 in Tallahassee, Florida, the first of five sons. His grandfather fought in the Civil War and his father...
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AUTHOR, "A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO INTERSEX", ARTIST
Tucson, AZ
Jay Kyle Petersen was born on May 26, 1952 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was a 46 XX SRY gene negative Male — he had a...
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Co-founder, Southerners on New Ground
Little Rock, AR
Suzanne Pharr was born in 1939, the youngest of eight kids, and raised on a farm near Lawrenceville, Georgia. From day one, she was in...
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drag performer, nightclub proprietor
Meally, KY
Bradley Picklesimer was born on March 15, 1958, in Lexington, Kentucky. One of four children, Bradley had a happy early childhood with a father who...
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pastor, HIV survivor, “Eyes of Tammy Faye” interviewee
Los Angeles, CA
Steve Pieters was born on August 2nd, 1952 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He grew up on the campus of Phillips Academy, Andover, where his father worked...
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Owner, Pulse Nightclub
Maitland, FL
Barbara Poma was born in 1968 and raised in Coral Springs, Florida. After graduating from the University of Central Florida, she taught writing, debate, and...
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university dean and lgbtq students advocate
Centerville, TN
K.C. Potter was born in 1939 at Fallsburg, Kentucky. In high school, K.C. wrote sport stories for the local newspaper, and participated in speech tournaments...
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PHILANTHROPIST, MILITARY MUSEUM FOUNDER, LGBTQ+ ADVOCATE
Chicago, IL
Born on August 13, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. Col. (IL) Jennifer Natalya Pritzker is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Army, as well...
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