Nancy Mahon, Philanthropy Advocate

b. July 25, 1964

In public health, sometimes the farthest distance is the one that is most important to travel.

After graduating magna cum laude from Yale University in 1986, Nancy Mahon attended New York University's School of Law, where she served as editor of the Law Review. She developed an interest in criminal law and became a leading criminal justice expert.

Kevin Jennings, Educator/Activist

b. May 8, 1963

"We know that students learn best in a school where they feel truly safe. I am here to make that happen for more kids."

A monumental leader and crusader, Kevin Jennings has dedicated his career to ensuring safe schools for all students. In 1990, he founded the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), the nation's first organization combating discrimination against GLBT students. Jennings currently serves as the assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education.

The youngest of five children, Jennings experienced a childhood deeply rooted in conservative ideology. Poor and in a continual state of transition, his family moved so often that Jennings attended 11 schools in four states. While he displayed impressive academic aptitude, he suffered daily from mental and physical abuse by classmates. “School was a place I both loved and hated,” recalls Jennings. “I loved it because I loved learning. I hated it because I was targeted at a pretty young age for bullying and harassment.”

In 1985, Jennings earned a bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Harvard University, becoming the first member of his family to graduate from college. Later, he earned master's degrees from both Columbia University and New York University.

Following his graduation from Harvard, Jennings pursued a career in education. In 1988, while he was a history teacher at a Massachusetts high school, Jennings spearheaded the country's first Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), a coalition of students fighting against harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Two years later, Jennings expanded the movement to encompass parents, teachers and community members, creating GLSEN.  Beginning as a grassroots volunteers group, GLSEN has developed into a national organization with more than 40 chapters and over 4,500 schools nationwide.

As co-chair of the Education Committee of the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, Jennings challenged the Massachusetts State Board of Education to adopt new policies protecting GLBT students. In 1993, his efforts led to the country's first state law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in public schools.

Named by Newsweek one of the top 100 people likely to make a difference in the 21st century, Jennings has authored six books and received a Lambda Literary Award for "Telling Tales Out of School." He co-wrote and produced the documentary "Out of the Past," which won the 1998 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary.

"The process of change is like a relay race," says Jennings. "My job is to ensure that we're further ahead in the race and, like a good relay team member, ready to pass that baton to the next person with a lead toward the end goal of a safe school for every child.”

Bibliography

Archibold, Randal C. "Public Lives: A Gay Crusader Sees History on His Side. The New York Times.6 July 2010.
"Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.” U.S. Department of Education. 6 July 2010.
"Kevin Jennings.” KevinJennings.com. 19 May 2010.
"Kevin Jenning’s Biography.” GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. 9 June 2005.
Thomas, Katie. "When Tradition and Taunts Collide: Gay Hockey Fans Criticize Garden.” New York Times. 6 July 2010.


Books by Kevin Jennings
Becoming Visible: A Reader in Gay and Lesbian History for High School and College Students(1994)
Telling Tales Out of School (2000)
Always My Child: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter (2002)
One Teacher in 10 (2005)
Mama’s Boy, Preacher’s Son (2007)


Websites
Department of Education
GLSEN
Support Kevin Jennings Fan Page

January 19: Zhou Dan, Pioneer Chinese Gay Activist

b. January 19, 1974

Law and policy always involve compromise and sometimes being a progressive means taking things one step at a time.

One generation removed from the persecution of gays under the People's Republic of China, Chinese gays encounter different obstacles than their American counterparts. Many Chinese believe that homosexuality exists only in the western world. The absence of legal protection and the threat of social isolation keep most Chinese GLBT individuals in the closet.

GLBT activist and attorney Zhou Dan came out to his friends in 1998 and the media in 2003. A champion of GLBT rights in China, Zhou writes articles on Chinese gay and lesbian Web sites. Although many GLBT Chinese use pseudonyms, Zhou uses his real name. After revealing his sexuality to a Shanghai newspaper in 2003, Zhou appeared across China in newspapers and magazines and on television. Earlier that year, he established the Shanghai Hotline for Sexual Minorities.

In 2004, Zhou attended Yale Law School's China Law Center as a visiting scholar. In 2006, he taught China's first graduate class on homosexuality at Fudan University in Shanghai.

Bibliography

“Zhou Dan.” Yale Law School: The China Law Center. July 3, 2007

Beech, Hannah and Susan Guangzhou. “Changing the Game in China.” Time. June 20, 2005. July 3, 2007

Related articles

• GLBT History Month 2010 (mlp.org)

Zhou Dan, Chinese Gay Pioneer

b. January 19, 1974

Law and policy always involve compromise and sometimes being a progressive means taking things one step at a time.

One generation removed from the persecution of gays under the People's Republic of China, Chinese gays encounter different obstacles than their American counterparts. Many Chinese believe that homosexuality exists only in the western world. The absence of legal protection and the threat of social isolation keep most Chinese GLBT individuals in the closet.

GLBT activist and attorney Zhou Dan came out to his friends in 1998 and the media in 2003. A champion of GLBT rights in China, Zhou writes articles on Chinese gay and lesbian Web sites. Although many GLBT Chinese use pseudonyms, Zhou uses his real name. After revealing his sexuality to a Shanghai newspaper in 2003, Zhou appeared across China in newspapers and magazines and on television. Earlier that year, he established the Shanghai Hotline for Sexual Minorities. Zhou also fights for rights of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in China, by advocating a human-rights-based approach to the epidemic. In April 2003 he founded the Shanghai Hotline For Sexual Minorities  

In 2004, Zhou attended Yale Law School's China Law Center as a visiting scholar. In 2006, he taught China's first graduate class on homosexuality at Fudan University in Shanghai. 

Zhou was profiled in the May 2005 issue of Têtu, a French gay and lesbian magazine, and in the June 27, 2005 issue of TIME Magazine.

Bibliography

“Zhou Dan.” Yale Law School: The China Law Center. July 3, 2007

Beech, Hannah and Susan Guangzhou. “Changing the Game in China.” Time. June 20, 2005. July 3, 2007

Related articles

• GLBT History Month 2010 (mlp.org)

18 October: Tim Gill, Activist/ Political Donor

b. October 18, 1953

Tim Gill founded the highly successful computer company Quark, Inc. and created the Gill Foundation, one of the first major foundations to benefit the GLBT community.

" This fight is not just for the long haul. This fight is forever. "

Tim Gill got hooked on computers when his high school acquired its first computer. It wasn't long until he taught himself to create complex programs. Instead of following in his father's footsteps as a physician as he had originally planned, he majored in applied mathematics and computer science at the University of Colorado.

In 1981, Gill borrowed $2,000 from his parents and started Quark, Inc. The road to success was not without obstacles, but in a few years' time the company became a leader in desktop publishing software. Gill established a reputation for innovative, socially conscious business practices. His name appeared on the Forbes 400 list of the nation's wealthiest people.

Gill began to speak out publicly as a gay man in 1992 when Colorado voters passed Amendment 2, which banned laws designed to protect GLBT people from discrimination. In 1994 he established the Gill Foundation with the mission of securing equal opportunity for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression.

In 2000, Gill sold his interest in Quark in order to devote his energies to the foundation. In 2004, the Gill Foundation endowment was $220 million.

Bibliography:

• Dennis, Anita, "For Position Only: You Go, Guy," creativepro.com, Nov. 9, 2000.
  
• Gill Foundation Web site

Related articles

• The Lame 'Dirt' Fight Back New York Found on NY Sen. Ruben Diaz (queerty.com)

Oct 11th: Cleve Jones, AIDS Activist

Founder of NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

b. October 11, 1954

"If AIDS had taught us anything, it was that we must be true to ourselves if we are to survive."

In 1983, Cleve Jones cofounded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, making him among the first to respond to the epidemic. In 1987, he conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which produced the world’s largest community artwork.

Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Jones studied political science at San Francisco State University. He began his career as an intern in the office of openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, who was subsequently assassinated.

He conceived the idea for the AIDS Memorial Quilt at an annual candlelight vigil remembering Harvey Milk. AIDS loomed over the gay community. At the vigil, hundreds of names of people who died of AIDS were written on cardboard scraps and taped to the San Francisco Federal Building. The cardboard reminded Jones of the pieces of fabric his grandmother quilted together.

The quilting of pieces of fabric memorializing loved ones became the world’s largest piece of community art. In 1987, 1,920 panels were exhibited on the National Mall in Washington, and were viewed by more than 500,000 people. The AIDS Quilt became a symbolic funeral service since many who died were denied memorial services.

Since 2005, Jones has spearheaded efforts to diminish homophobia in the hospitality industry with a project called UNITE HERE. He was instrumental in the Sleep with the Right People campaign, which encourages gay tourists to stay at hotels that respect employees’ rights.

Jones was awarded honorary doctorates from Haverford College and the Starr King School for the Ministry. His memoir, “Stitching a Revolution” (2000), was a best seller.

By 2006, the AIDS Quilt had  memorialized more than 44,000 lives.


Bibliography
Christensen, Jen. “A Rip in the Quilt.” The Advocate. February 28, 2006
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2006_Feb_28/ai_n16107743/print?tag=artBody;col1
“Cleve Jones” Gerber/Hart Library. July 2, 2008
http://www.gerberthart.org/jones/html
Jones, Cleve. “The AIDS Memorial Quilt.” The Advocate. November 12, 2002
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2002_Nov_12/ai_94598298/print?tag=artBody;col1
“Memorial Quilt Rolls Out.” The New York Times. October 12, 1987
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2D9143FF931A25753C1A961948260
Articles
Bass, Sharon L. “Panel by Panel, a Quilt Commemorates the Victims of AIDS.” The New York Times. March 12, 1989
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=950DE1DB1F3EF931A25750C0A96F948260&scp=1&sq=panel%20by%20panel,%20a%20quilt%20commemorates&st=cse
Bishop, Katherine. “Denying AIDS Its Sting: A Quilt of Life.” The New York Times. October 5, 1996
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DC143AF936A35753C1A961948260
Dunlap, David W. “AIDS Quilt of Grief on Capital Mall.” The New York Times. October 13, 1996
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9C06E4D61E3EF930A25753C1A960958260&scp=1&sq=aids%20quilt%20of%20grief&st=cse
Books
Stitching a Revolution (2000)
http://www.amazon.com/Stitching-Revolution-Activist-Cleve-Jones/dp/0062516426/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214939962&sr=1-1
Other Resources
The Aids Memorial Quilt
www.aidsquilt.org
UNITE HERE
www.unitehere.org/about
Websites
Official Cleve Jones Website
www.clevejones.com

Cleve Jones, AIDS Activist

b. October 11, 1954


Founder of NAMES Project. AIDS Memorial Quilt

"If AIDS had taught us anything, it was that we must be true to ourselves if we are to survive."

In 1983, Cleve Jones cofounded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, making him among the first to respond to the epidemic. In 1987, he conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which produced the world’s largest community artwork.

Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Jones studied political science at San Francisco State University. He began his career as an intern in the office of openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, who was subsequently assassinated.

He conceived the idea for the AIDS Memorial Quilt at an annual candlelight vigil remembering Harvey Milk. AIDS loomed over the gay community. At the vigil, hundreds of names of people who died of AIDS were written on cardboard scraps and taped to the San Francisco Federal Building. The cardboard reminded Jones of the pieces of fabric his grandmother quilted together.

The quilting of pieces of fabric memorializing loved ones became the world’s largest piece of community art. In 1987, 1,920 panels were exhibited on the National Mall in Washington, and were viewed by more than 500,000 people. The AIDS Quilt became a symbolic funeral service since many who died were denied memorial services.

Since 2005, Jones has spearheaded efforts to diminish homophobia in the hospitality industry with a project called UNITE HERE. He was instrumental in the Sleep with the Right People campaign, which encourages gay tourists to stay at hotels that respect employees’ rights.

Jones was awarded honorary doctorates from Haverford College and the Starr King School for the Ministry. His memoir, “Stitching a Revolution” (2000), was a best seller.

By 2006, the AIDS Quilt had  memorialized more than 44,000 lives.



Bibliography

• Christensen, Jen. “A Rip in the Quilt.” The Advocate. February 28, 2006
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2006_Feb_28/ai_n16107743/print?tag=artBody;col1
• “Cleve Jones” Gerber/Hart Library. July 2, 2008
• http://www.gerberthart.org/jones/html
• Jones, Cleve. “The AIDS Memorial Quilt.” The Advocate. November 12, 2002
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2002_Nov_12/ai_94598298/print?tag=artBody;col1
• “Memorial Quilt Rolls Out.” The New York Times. October 12, 1987
• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2D9143FF931A25753C1A961948260

Articles

• Bass, Sharon L. “Panel by Panel, a Quilt Commemorates the Victims of AIDS.” The New York Times. March 12, 1989
• Bishop, Katherine. “Denying AIDS Its Sting: A Quilt of Life.” The New York Times. October 5, 1996
• Dunlap, David W. “AIDS Quilt of Grief on Capital Mall.” The New York Times. October 13, 1996

Books

• Stitching a Revolution (2000)

Other Resources

• The Aids Memorial Quilt
• UNITE HERE
• Cleve Jones Website

September 29: Mara Keisling, Transgender Activist

"What's important is that transgender people are respected as members of the community—that they are safe from discrimination and violence and disrespect."

b. September 29, 1959


Mara Keisling is a leading transgender activist. She is the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, the largest transgender rights organization.

Sep 28: John Perez, State Legislator and Speaker

b. September 28, 1969

"Yes I’m gay, and I’m a politician. It’s a descriptor. I don’t think it’s a definer."

John A. Pérez is the openly gay speaker of the California Assembly. He is the first GLBT person of color to hold such a position and only the third out leader of a legislative body in United States history. 

Pérez was born in working-class Los Angeles, the son of Felipe, a Mexican immigrant who was disabled from a workplace accident, and Vera, who directed a community clinic. At age 14, Pérez became politically active, motivated by government cuts in disability payments to his father and in government subsidies to his mother’s clinic.

After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, Pérez spent several years as a labor organizer in Southern California. He served as political director for the United Food and Commercial Workers in Orange County.

Before he held an elective office, Pérez was actively engaged in public service. He was integral in founding California’s statewide GLBT organization, now called Equality California. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush appointed him to the President’s Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS.  Pérez was a gubernatorial appointee to a panel charged with reforming California’s initiative system and a mayoral appointee to the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency.

Pérez was elected to the California Assembly in 2008, winning 85 percent of the vote in his Los Angeles district. Two years later, he was selected as speaker by members of the Democratic Party and formally elected by the Assembly. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma said, "He’s someone who sends a signal to the nation that being gay is no longer a barrier to greatness."

Pérez is a fan of classical music, art museums and the Los Angeles Dodgers.rs.

Bibliography

"3 Questions for Assemblyman John Pérez." SFGate. 3 January 2010.

Bailey, Eric, and Shane Goldmacher. "Politics is part of John Pérez 's DNA." The Los Angeles Times.17 December 2009.

Bajko, Matthew S. "Political Notes: Gay Latino labor activist set to make history." The Bay Area Reporter Online. 10 April 2008.

Dolan, Jack. "John Pérez Sworn in as Assembly Speaker.” The Los Angeles Independent. 1 March 2010.

"John Pérez sworn in as Assembly speaker.” PolitiCal. 1 March 2010.

Zahniser, David. "Villaraigosa's cousin enters Assembly race." The Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2008.

Article about John A. Pérez

Huffington Post Biography

Videos of John A. Pérez

New California Speaker John A. Pérez

Speaker Pérez Discusses His Commitment to Job Creation, Reforms

Assemblymember Pérez Discusses Democratic Caucus Speakership Vote

Websites

Speaker of the Assembly John A. Pérez

Pérez for Assembly

John A. Pérez, State Legislator

b. September 28, 1969

"Yes I’m gay, and I’m a politician. It’s a descriptor. I don’t think it’s a definer."

John A. Pérez is the openly gay speaker of the California Assembly. He is the first GLBT person of color to hold such a position and only the third out leader of a legislative body in United States history. 

Pérez was born in working-class Los Angeles, the son of Felipe, a Mexican immigrant who was disabled from a workplace accident, and Vera, who directed a community clinic. At age 14, Pérez became politically active, motivated by government cuts in disability payments to his father and in government subsidies to his mother’s clinic.

After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, Pérez spent several years as a labor organizer in Southern California. He served as political director for the United Food and Commercial Workers in Orange County.

Before he held an elective office, Pérez was actively engaged in public service. He was integral in founding California’s statewide GLBT organization, now called Equality California. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush appointed him to the President’s Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS.  Pérez was a gubernatorial appointee to a panel charged with reforming California’s initiative system and a mayoral appointee to the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency.

Pérez was elected to the California Assembly in 2008, winning 85 percent of the vote in his Los Angeles district. Two years later, he was selected as speaker by members of the Democratic Party and formally elected by the Assembly. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma said, "He’s someone who sends a signal to the nation that being gay is no longer a barrier to greatness."

Pérez is a fan of classical music, art museums and the Los Angeles Dodgers.rs.

Bibliography

• "3 Questions for Assemblyman John Pérez." SFGate. 3 January 2010.
• Bailey, Eric, and Shane Goldmacher. "Politics is part of John Pérez 's DNA." The Los Angeles Times.17 December 2009.
• Bajko, Matthew S. "Political Notes: Gay Latino labor activist set to make history." The Bay Area Reporter Online. 10 April 2008.
• Dolan, Jack. "John Pérez Sworn in as Assembly Speaker.” The Los Angeles Independent. 1 March 2010.
• "John Pérez sworn in as Assembly speaker.” PolitiCal. 1 March 2010.
• Zahniser, David. "Villaraigosa's cousin enters Assembly race." The Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2008.

Article about John A. Pérez

• Huffington Post Biography

Videos of John A. Pérez

• New California Speaker John A. Pérez
• Speaker Pérez Discusses His Commitment to Job Creation, Reforms
• Assemblymember Pérez Discusses Democratic Caucus Speakership Vote

Websites

• Speaker of the Assembly John A. Pérez
• Pérez for Assembly

LGBT "Activists", from Matt & Andrej Biographies.

Matt & Andrej Kowalsky "Biographies of Famous GLTB People (Or who tried it at least once...)" lists an extensive collection of short biographies, with an indication in the headline for each entry if the country of origin, dates and main occupation or claim to queer fame. The list below is a selection from the full listing of those who are described as "activists" or social reformers, and are described as "living" (at least at the time of the original posting). 

(For a companion listing of those who are no longer still living, see the entry at "Ir's a Queer World").

Australia
Croome, Rodney	Activist
Barbados
Dear, Darcy	Activist
Canada
Adam, Barry	Activist
Bagares, Elmer	Activist
Bearchell, Chris	Activist, journalist
Bédard, Paul	Activist
Billet, Murray G.	Activist
Birch, Elizabeth	Head of the Human Rights Campaign
Bishop, Anne	Activist
Blachford, Gregg	Activist
Bourassa, Kevin	Activist
Cambly, Dennis	Activist
Carter, Chris	Activist
Dayman, Ron	Activist
Desmarais, Harold	Activist
Douglas, Michelle	Activist
Fuller, Janine	Activist
Goodwin, Terry	Activist, farmer
Gottlieb, Amy	Feminist, activist
Graham, Phil	Gay activist
Greenbaum, Mona	Acivist
Hellquist, Gens	Gay activist
Holmes, Dr. M. Morgan	Intersex activist
Huen, Donna	Activist
MacDonald, Paul	Activist
Marchildon, Gilles	Activist, journalist
Marquez, Nitto	AIDS activist
McCaskell, Tim	Activist
McLeod, Albert	AIDS activist
Metcalfe, Robin	Gay activist, writer
Miller, Harold	Gay club president
Miniely, Patrice	Activist
Minnema, Bonte	Activist
North, Richard	Activist
El Salvador
Hernández, William	Gay activist
France
Bonnet, Marie-Jo	Activist, scholar
Cardon, Patrick	Activist
Fortin, Jacques	Activist
Huet, Alain	Activist, mathematician
Iran
Alizadeh, Hossein	Gay activist
Israel
Freedman, Marcia	Peace & women's activist
Hasman, Rami	Activist
Italy
Grillini, Franco	Activist, politician
Jordan
Al-Sameed, Suhail Abu	Gay activist
Korea
Han, Ju Hui "Judy"	Activist
Mexico
Hinojosa, Claudia	Activist, writer
Norway
Eikvam, Turid	Activist, journalist
Friele, Karen Christine	Gay activist
Puerto Rico
Diaz-Cotto, Juanita	Activist
Russia
Alexeyev, Nicolas	Activist
Debryanskaya, Yevgeniya	Activist
Serbia
Aleksov, Bojan	Activist
South Africa
Botha, Kevan	Activist
Ditsie, Beverley	Activist
Mabele, Prudence	AIDS activist, healer
Spain
Fluvià, Armand de	Activist
Taiwan
Chia-Wei, Chi	Activist
Turkey
Demir, Melike	Activist
Eren, Ibrahim	Gay rights leader
UK
Bell, Colin	Activist
French, Gavin	Gay activist
Grey, Antony	Gay activist
Hallidie Smith, Andrew	Activist clergyman
Horsfall, Allan	Activist
Mason, Angela	Activist
USA
Abbott, Sidney	Activist, writer
Adams, Gregory	Activist
Adoma, Kofi	Activist, psychologist
Anderson, James D.	Professor, activist
Baker, Jack	Activist
Balka, Cristie	Lesbian activist
Bastian, Bruce	Philantropist, activist
Bastow, Thomas	Activist
Bauman, Robert	Conservative gay activist
Beckman, Chris	Activist
Bellinger, George	AIDS activist
Bellos, Linda	Activist, politician
Bennett, Jeff	Activist
Berman, Ruthie	Activist
Besen, Wayne	Activist
Bettencourt, Troix	Gay activist
Bottini, Ivy	Feminist, lesbian activist
Bradley, Alexa M.	Lesbian activist
Brinkin, Larry	Gay activist
Brydon, Charles	Gay activist, Seattle businessman
Bunch, Ken	Founder of queer nuns
Burns, Randy	Activist
Bye, Larry	Activist
Byham, Kim	Integrity activist
Byrne, Shannon	Activist
Campbell, Dani	Firefighter, activist
Carter, Mandy	Activist
Carter, Robert S.	Political organizer
Cathcart, Kevin M.	Activist, lawyer
Cavanaugh, Donald	Activist
Chase, Cheryl	Activist
Cheetam, Carlene	Activist
Colín, Anthony	Activist
Comegys, Duke	Gay fundraiser
Córdova, Jeanne	Activist, writer
Curry, Dee	Transgender activist
Davis, Sharon	African American transgendered author, activist
Doerr, Tom	Activist
Doherty, Will	Activist
Duke, Raymond R.	AIDS activist
Duque, Andrés	Activist
Dyer, Christopher	Gay rights worker
Ellis, Fred	Integrity member
Evans, Arthur	Gay activist
Evertz, Scott	Republican gay activist
Flippen, Justin	Activist
Fougeray, Jacky	Activist, journalist
Fouratt, Jim	Gay activist
Garry, Joan M.	GLAAD director
Gilberto, Gerald	Activist
Gingrich, Candace	Activist
Glavin, Matthew	Activist
Glaze, Lee	Bartender, activist
Glover, Billy	Activist
Gold, Ronald	Gay activist
Harlow, Ruth	Legal director Lambda
Headley, Jubi Jr.	Activist
Henkle, Deerk	Former student, activist
Henson, Brenda and Wanda	Founders of Camp Sister Spirit
Hicks, Garrett	Activist, Administrative Disney Company
Hill, Ray	Gay activist
Hunter, Joyce	Lesbian activist NY
Hyde, Sue	Activist
Ireland, Patricia	President NOW
Mason, Abner	Activist
Mathews, Dan	Activist
McCorvey, Norma	Anti-abortion activist
McKeage, Alice	Activist
Nabozny, Jamie	Activist
Nakagawa, Scot	Gay-rights and anti-racism activist
Norman, Pat	Activist
Northrop, Ann	Activist, journalist, TV producer