Gender – LGTBQ
Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992)
Marsha P. Johnson was an African American drag performer and social activist. The fifth of seven children, she was born...
Gordon Fox (1961- )
Gordon Fox is an American politician and the former Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Elected in November...
Samuel Ray Delany Jr. (1942- )
Samuel R. Delany Jr., “Chip,” is an award-winning African American gay writer, editor, professor, and literary critic. He is the...
Lee Louis Daniels (1959- )
An American actor, film producer, and director, Lee Louis Daniels was born on December 24, 1959. He is credited with...
Sherry D. Harris (1957- )
In 1991, Sherry D. Harris was the first Black lesbian elected to public office in the United States. This also...
Maurice Tomlinson (1971- )
Maurice Tomlinson is one of the most well-known gay rights activists in the world. He is an attorney-at-law, law lecturer,...
Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987)
Richard Bruce Nugent (also Bruce Nugent), artist, writer, actor, dancer, dilettante, and bohemian of 1920s Harlem, was born to middle...
Essex Hemphill (1957-1995)
Brash, bold, provocative, and edgy. These are just some of the many words that were used to describe the poet...
