Pride Month Ancestors
Presenting 30 days of LGBTQ ancestors!
#1 Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld
| Founder of the world's first gay rights movement. |
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| Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, 1927. Credit: Photo via Making Gay History Podcast and courtesy Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin. |
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| Magnus Hirschfeld (at right with glasses and bushy mustache, holding the hand of his lover, Karl Giese) at a costume party at the Institute of Sexual Research, 1920. Credit: Photo via Making Gay History Podcast and courtesy of Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin. |
| Get to know more about Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld: |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
#2 Marsha P. Johnson
| Co-founder of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) |
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| Marsha P. Johnson, circa 1980. Credit: Netflix. |
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| Marsha P. Johnson (left) and Sylvia Rivera (right), co-founders of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Gay Pride Parade, New York City, June 24, 1973. Credit: Leonard Fink, via Making Gay History Podcast courtesy LGBT Community Center National History Archive. |
| Get to know more about Marsha P. Johnson: |
| Marsha P. Johnson Institute |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
| Netflix: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson |
| Interview with Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries |
#3 Gonzalo "Tony" Segura
| Co-founder of the New York City chapter of the Mattachine Society |
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| Tony Segura. |
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| Tony Segura, fifth from left in white, from the December 1957 Mattachine Interim. Credit: Archives of Sexuality and Gender. |
| Get to know more about Gonzalo "Tony" Segura: |
| Slate |
| Equality Virginia |
#4 Audre Lorde
| "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet." |
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| Audre Lorde, Austin, Texas, 1980. Credit: K. Kendall via Flickr. |
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| Audre Lorde (left) with writers Meridel Le Sueur (middle) and Adrienne Rich (right) at a writing workshop in Austin, Texas, 1980. Credit: K. Kendall via Flickr. |
| Get to know more about Audre Lorde: |
| Wikipedia |
| The Audre Lorde Project |
| The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde |
#5 Bayard Rustin
| Principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. |
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| Bayard Rustin at news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washington, Statler Hotel, Washington, DC, August 27, 1963. Credit: Warren K. Leffler via United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division. |
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| Bayard Rustin, New York, 1965. Credit: Stanley Wolfson, New York World-Telegram and Sun via United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division. |
| Get to know more about Bayard Rustin: |
| Wikipedia |
| Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
#6 Barbara Gittings
| Founder of the New York City chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis. |
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| Barbara Gittings, 1972. Credit: Photo by Kay Lahusen courtesy Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. |
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| Kay Lahusen (left) and Barbara Gittings (right), West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995. Credit: Photo by Ray Harriman courtesy Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. |
| Get to know more about Barbara Gittings: |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
#7 James Baldwin
| Novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. |
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| James Baldwin, Hyde Park, London, 1969. Credit: Photo by Allan Warren. |
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| James Baldwin (left) and Engin Cezzar (right), Istanbul, 1970. Photo credit: Sedat Pakay. Still shot from "James Baldwin: From Another Place," a film by Sedat Pakay. |
| Get to know more about James Baldwin: |
| Wikipedia |
| Open Library |
| C-SPAN |
| James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965) |
#8 Vito Russo
| LGBT activist, film historian, and author. |
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| Vito Russo, New York, 1989. Credit: Massimo Consoli |
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| Bette Midler (left) and Vito Russo (right) at the Gay Pride rally in Washington Square Park, New York City, June 24, 1973. Credit: Photo via Making Gay History Podcast courtesy of Vito Russo. |
| Get to know more about Vito Russo: |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
| Open Library: The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies |
#9 Henry Gerber
| Founder of Society for Human Rights in Chicago (1924). |
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| Henry Gerber, date unknown. |
| Get to know more about Henry Gerber: |
| Wikipedia |
| National Park Service |
| Legacy Project Chicago |
#10 Pierre Seel
| French gay Holocaust survivor and author. |
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| Pierre Seel at the International Colloquium organized by the Pink Triangle Coalition, Berlin, February 21, 2000. Credit: James Steakley. |
| Get to know more about Pierre Seel: |
| Wikipedia |
| Legacy Project Chicago |
| I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual (Amazon) |
#11 Gladys Bentley
| Blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance. |
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| Gladys Bentley, Harlem, New York, circa 1930. |
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| Gladys Bentley, Harlem, New York, circa 1946. Credit: Photo courtesy of Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. |
| Get to know more about Gladys Bentley: |
| Wikipedia |
| Smithsonian Magazine |
| Before Stonewall, Episode 3: Gladys Bentley (YouTube) |
| "Worried Blues" (YouTube) |
#12 Christine Jorgensen
| Actress, singer, author, and first American to undergo sex reassignment surgery. |
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| Christine Jorgensen, New York, 1954. Credit: Photo by Maurice Seymour. |
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| Howard J. Knox (left) and Christine Jorgensen (right) after being denied a marriage license in New York. 1959. |
| Get to know more about Christine Jorgensen: |
| Wikipedia |
| Legacy Project Chicago |
| BBC |
| Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography (Internet Archive) |
#13 Frank Kameny
| Astronomer and gay rights activist. |
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| Frank Kameny. |
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| Frank Kameny and President Barack Obama at the signing of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. December 22, 2010. |
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| Frank Kameny and members of The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. Christopher Street Liberation Day. March, June 28, 1970, New York City. |
| Get to know more about Frank Kameny: |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
| Legacy Project Chicago |
#14 Langston Hughes
| Poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. |
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| Langston Hughes. Harlem, New York. 1936. Credit: Carl Van Vechten via United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division. |
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| Langston Hughes. Circa 1960. Credit: Photo from the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Nell Winston, The Louis Draper Archive. |
| Get to know more about Langston Hughes: |
| Wikipedia |
| Langston Hughes: Leading Voice of the Harlem Renaissance | Biography (YouTube) |
| "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" |
| "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" |
#15 Shirley Willer
| Feminist and gay rights activist. |
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| Shirley Willer. Atlantic City, New Jerser. Circa 1965. Credit: Lesbian Herstory Archives. |
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| Shirley Willer (fourth from left). ECHO (East Coast Homophile Organizations) conference in New York City. September 25-26, 1965. Credit: Photo by Kay Lahusen courtesy Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. |
| Get to know more about Shirley Willer: |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
#16 Harry Hay
| Gay rights activist, co-founder of the Mattachine Society, co-founder of the Radical Faeries. |
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| Harry Hay. 1933. Credit: Photo by Hazel Kalarney via Making Gay History Podcast courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. |
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| Harry Hay. Los Angeles. 1989. Credit: Photo by Robert Giard via Making Gay History Podcast courtesy of The New York Public Library. |
| Get to know more about Harry Hay: |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
| Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay |
#17 Angelina Weld Grimké
| Journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet. |
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| Angelina Weld Grimké. Unknown date. |
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| Angelina Weld Grimké. Unknown date. |
| Get to know more about Angelina Weld Grimké: |
| Wikipedia |
| AfroPoets |
| Internet Archive |
| Modern American Poetry |
| Legacy Project Chicago |
#18 Claude McKay
| Poet and author. |
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| Claude McKay. 1920. |
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| Claude McKay. New York. July 25, 1941. Credit: Photo by Carl Van Vechten courtesy Van Vechten Trust, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. |
| Get to know more about Claude McKay: |
| Wikipedia |
| Legacy Project Chicago |
| Poetry Foundation |
#19 Bessie Smith
| Empress of the Blues. |
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| Bessie Smith. New York City. 1936. Credit: Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden, courtesy of United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division. |
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| Bessie Smith. |
| Get to know more about Bessie Smith: |
| Wikipedia |
| NPR |
| "St Louis Blues" (YouTube) |
#20 George Cecil Ives
| Poet, writer, criminologist, gay rights activist, and founder of the Order of Chaeronea. |
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| George Cecil Ives |
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| George Cecil Ives (2nd from right on front row). Authors v. Artists Cricket Match. May 22, 1903. |
| Get to know more about George Cecil Ives: |
| Wikipedia |
| LGBT Archive |
| Order of Chaeronea (Wikipedia) |
#21 Sylvester
| Singer-songwriter. |
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| Sylvester. 1979. |
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| Sylvester. 1971. Credit: Courtesy of David Miller, from the estate of Clay Geerdes. |
| Get to know more about Sylvester: |
| Wikipedia |
| Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester (YouTube) |
| Legacy Project Chicago |
| KQED |
#22 Owen Dodson
| Poet, novelist, and playwright. |
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| Owen Dodson. New York City. 1943. Credit: Carl Van Vechten. |
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| Owen Dodson. New York City. 1942. Credit: Carl Van Vechten. |
| Get to know more about Owen Dodson: |
| Wikipedia |
| The Unpublished Poetry of Owen Dodson |
| An Interview with Owen Dodson |
#23 Ellen Corby
| Actress and screenwriter. |
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| Ellen Corby. The Waltons (1971-1981). |
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| Ellen Corby. Susan Slept Here (1954). |
| Get to know more about Ellen Corby: |
| Wikipedia |
| IMDb |
#24 Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
| Lawyer, journalist, author, gay rights activist. |
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| Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. 1899. Credit: Engraving appeared in Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen. |
| Get to know more about Karl Heinrich Ulrichs: |
| Wikipedia |
| Matt Baume |
| Out History |
#25 Steve Dain
| Teacher, chiropractor, naturopath, trans rights pioneer. |
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| Steve Dain. Circa 1980. |
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| Steve Dain (right) accompanied by his lawyer Larry Sleizer (center) being arrested by Emeryville Police Department Lt. Dave Reno (left) following a citizen's arrest by Emery USD Superintendent Lewis Stommel (rear). September 2, 1976. Emeryville, California. |
| Get to know more about Steve Dain: |
| The Emeryville Eye |
| Bay Area Reporter |
| Obituary |
#26 Jean O'Leary
| Lesbian feminist, gay rights activist, founder of Lesbian Feminist Liberation, co-founder of National Coming Out Day. |
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| Jean O'Leary. Museum of Natural History. New York City. August, 1973. Credit: Bettye Lane via Making Gay History Podcast courtesy Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute. |
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| Jean O'Leary (second from left). Meeting in the Roosevelt Room at the White House between lesbian and gay rights activists and senior White House staff. March 26, 1977. Credit: White House Photo via Making Gay History Podcast. |
| Get to know more about Jean O'Leary: |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
#27 Sylvia Rivera
| Gay liberation and trans rights activist. |
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| Sylvia Rivera. New York City. Circa 1973. |
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| Sylvia Rivera (right) and Marsha P. Johnson (left). New York City. Circa 1989. Credit: Photograph by Rudy Grillo courtesy of The Rudy Grillo Collection at the The LGBT Community Center National History Archive. |
| Get to know more about Sylvia Rivera: |
| Wikipedia |
| Making Gay History Podcast |
| Sylvia Rivera Law Project |
| Interview with Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries |
#28 Stormé DeLarverie
| Entertainer, bouncer, volunteer street patrol worker, and gay rights icon. |
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| Stormé DeLarverie. |
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| Stormé DeLarverie (center). Credit: Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. |
| Get to know more about Stormé DeLarverie: |
| Wikipedia |
| In The Life: A Stormé Life (YouTube) |
#29 Marie Equi
| Medical doctor, birth control advocate, labor political activist. |
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| Marie Equi. |
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| Marie Equi. Mug shot following arrest for sedition in 1918. |
| Get to know more about Marie Equi: |
| Wikipedia |
| Before Stonewall, Episode 9: Marie Equi (YouTube) |
| Marie Equi: Radical Politics and Outlaw Passions (Amazon) |
#30 Barbara Jordan
| Lawyer, educator, politician, civil rights activist. |
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| Barbara Jordan. 1973. Credit: Photograph by Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, restored by Adam Cuerden. |
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| Barbara Jordan, delivering the keynote address before the 1976 Democratic National Convention. Credit: Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine. |
| Get to know more about Barbara Jordan: |
| Wikipedia |
| Barbara Jordan speaking as a member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, July 25, 1974 (YouTube) |
| Ann Richards Eulogy of Barbara Jordan, January 20, 1996 (YouTube) |
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