LGBT History Month — October 17: Tab Hunter
Actor & Singer
Tab Hunter was an American actor and singer.
LGBT History Month — October 16: Joyce Hunter
Gay Pioneer
Joyce Hunter is a gay pioneer who helped organize the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights and cofounded the first public high school for LGBTQ students.
An unlikely advocate for gay rights emerges
LGBT History Month: America’s First Equality Governor
In April of 1975, a groundbreaking event occurred in the fight for gay and lesbian equal rights. In Pennsylvania, a state not generally known for liberal politics, a courageous and progressive governor, Milton J. Shapp, signed an executive order that banned discrimination in state government.
LGBT History Month — October 15: Sean Hayes
Award-Winning Actor
Sean Patrick Hayes is an actor, singer, comedian and producer best known for his role as Jack McFarland on NBC’s award-winning sitcom “Will and Grace.”
LGBT History Month — October 14: Gavin Grimm
Teen Transgender Activist
Gavin Grimm was thrust into the national spotlight in 2014 as a transgender high school student, when he sued for the right to use the boys’ restroom in his Virginia public high school.
LGBT History Month — October 13: Ani DiFranco
Grammy-Winning Singer
Angela Maria “Ani” DiFranco is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, musician and progressive social activist.
Lesbian Erasure: Part Two
LGBT History Month: Stepping away from the norm, Susan B. Anthony and others make their mark on society
Examples of lesbian sexuality are all over early American history. The 19th century saw a myriad of reasons why lesbianism was actually embraced, right up until the turn of the 20th century, when it wasn’t.
LGBT History Month — October 12: Meg Christian
Feminist Singer-Songwriter
Meg Christian is an American feminist folk singer-songwriter and a founding member of Olivia Records. She became a leader of the women’s music movement, focusing on feminist causes and lesbian rights.
LGBT History Month — October 11: Chi Chia-Wei
Taiwanese Gay Pioneer
Chi Chia-wei is a pioneering Taiwanese gay rights activist and marriage equality champion. He helped make Taiwan the first nation in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
LGBT History Month — October 10: Debra Chasnoff
Documentary Filmmaker
Debra Hill Chasnoff was an American documentary filmmaker and activist. She won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for “Deadly Deception.”
