Leaders and Legends

Leaders & Legends

Check out bios on trailblazing lesbians of color, writers, activists, historians, intellectuals and entrepreneurs in the Archives

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Film	Writers/Spoken Word	Health
Debra Wilson	B. Lois Wadas, RN	Conscious
Cheryl Dunye	C.C. Carter
Yvonne Welbon	June Jordan
Aishah Shahidah Simmons	Alice Walker
Jocelyn Taylor	Nikky Finney	Activists
H. Lenn Keller	Samiya A. Bashir	Christine Adams Tripp, J.D.
Michelle Parkerson	Ntombi Howell	Ruth J. Waters
Jean Weisinger	Pamela Sneed	Elizabeth Calvet
	Evelyn C. White	Marta Donayre
	Cherrie Moraga	Regina Shavers
	Pat Parker	Vallerie Wagner
	Dionne Brand	Mandy Carter
Music	Lisa Moore - Publisher	Brenda Crawford
Rogue Amazons	Audre Lorde	Vernita Gray
Robin Renée	Lorraine Hansberry	Kecia Cunningham
Tiny & Ruby	Sharon Bridgforth	Denise Simmons
Sweet Baby J’ai	Sapphire	Sabrina Sojourner
Mi$$ Money	Melanie Hope	Linda Bellos
Brenda Fassie	Penny Mickelbury	Barbara Smith
YVE The Original Woman	Dr. Shirlene Holmes	Alicia Banks
Mabel Hampton	Alexis De Veaux	Angela Davis
Alberta Hunter	Helen Elaine Lee	Judge Deborah Batts
Gaye Adegbalola	Cheryl Clarke	Jacqueline Anderson
Doria Roberts	Angelina Weld Grimke	Mary Morten
Afia Walking Tree	Ingrid Rivera-Dessuit	Nadine Smith
Marla Glen	Marci Blackman	Renae Ogletree
Weird MC	Shay Youngblood	Jasmyne Cannick
Faith Nolan	Akilah Monifa	D. Lisa Powell
Gwen Avery	Alice Dunbar-Nelson	Fannyann Viola Eddy
Deidre McCalla	Ayin Adams	Margaret Sloan-Hunter
Linda Tillery	Becky Birtha	Eva Georgia
Ubaka Hill	Jewelle Gomez
Ma Rainey	Linda Villarosa
Me’Shell NdegéOcello	LaShonda K. Barnett	Ruth Ellis
Assar Santana	Anita Charlot
Gladys Bentley	Rebecca Walker	Transgender (FTM)
Joi Cardwell	Staceyann Chin	Marcelle Cook-Daniels
Laura Love	Ta'Shia Asanti	Alexander Goodrum
Nedra Johnson	Siobhan Brooks	Kylar W. Broadus
Shelley Doty	Michelle T. Clinton	Imani Henry
Toshi Reagon	Naya'Hri N’dambi Suhalia
Tracy Walker	Dorothy Randall Gray
Vicki Randle	Astrid Roemer	Entertainment
	Akasha Gloria Hull	Hanifah Walidah
	Cherry Muhanji	Karen Williams
	Stephanie "Dakara" Wynne (Publisher)	Dana S. Austin
	Charlene Cothran (Publisher)
	Makeda Silvera (Publisher)


Artists	Kings Of Drag	Glamour / Fashion
Destiny Deacon	Storme DeLarverie	Stephanie Adams
	Shane
	Storme Webber
	Dred Gerestant
	Carlos Las Vegas
	More Kings of Drag	The Church
	Big Mama Thornton	Irene Monroe
		Rev. Elder Darlene C. Garner
		Rev. Alfreda Lanoix
		Rev. Yvette A. Flunder
		Rev. Jacquelyn Holland



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