EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN LESBIANS

This special section of www.adult is dedicated to presenting the history of people of African descent who are also Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered. Bayard Rustin, Audre Lourde, Miss Major, Richard Nugent, James Baldwin, Andrea Jenkins and Barbara Jordan are LGBTQ leaders during Pride. Scope and Content Note The African American Lesbian and Gay Print Culture Collection, , documents African American lesbian, gay, bisexual and.

Dita Von Teese is a burlesque performer, model and author. This is an edited extract from her foreword to "Working Girls: An American Brothel, Circa " by . In , Sherry Harris was elected to the City Council in Seattle, Washington, making her the first openly lesbian African-American elected official. In , Roberta Achtenberg became the first openly gay or lesbian person to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate when she was appointed to the position of Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins. Carolyn Mobley was the first woman to co-chair the African-American Lesbian/Gay Alliance, which was a smaller part of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays. She was raised a Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.

The project was a joint effort by Bluegrass Black Pride, Inc. and Kentucky Black Pride, Inc. [there are two African American organizations in Lexington, KY]. The daily features highlight present and past persons associated with African American lgbtq* communities in Kentucky. View the entire exhibit in UKnowledge. In , Sherry Harris was elected to the City Council in Seattle, Washington, making her the first openly lesbian African-American elected official. In , Roberta Achtenberg became the first openly gay or lesbian person to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate when she was appointed to the position of Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity by President Bill Clinton. []. Del Martin Phyllis Lyon. One of America's best known lesbian couples, Martin and Lyon, were together from the early s until Martin's death in In , they founded the Daughters of Bilitis -- the first social and political organization for lesbians. ASSOCIATED PRESS.

In our country, the LGBT community has a track record of unleashing some of the most pivotal and historic luminaries of all-time; bringing a rather neo-cosmopolitan flair to the times and introducing agendas that have influenced foreign diplomats to grandiose artists and everywhere in-between across the globe. Here is a look at some of our black LGBT icons that have and are still influencing the world. She was raised a devout Christian in a petite, segregated Florida municipality. But her Baptist Church condoned her lesbian sexuality despite her work as a Christian educator.