Deborah Cheetham
World-renowned Aboriginal Australian opera singer, composer, playwright and creator of Australia’s first Aboriginal opera.
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Daughters of Bilitis
The Daughters of Bilitis were the first lesbian rights group in the United States, founded in San Francisco in 1955.
Alice Austen
Alice Austen was a photographer who documented the lively activities of her queer female social circle at the turn of the century in New York City.
Lilli Vincenz
German-American LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Heather Purser
Heather Purser fought for legalizing same-sex marriage within the Suquamish Tribe.
Sue Bird
American basketball player
Megan Rapinoe
Soccer star and LGBT+ rights activist
Cheryl Chow
An educator and politician, Cheryl Chow, was an important figure to the Chinese community and the youth around her.
Nancy Andrews
In the late 1980s, photographer Nancy Andrews (b. 1963) began a project to tell the everyday stories of gay and lesbian Americans and their loved ones.
Nancy Cook
Activist for woman’s suffrage, protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.