Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza are queer Black activists. Patrisse is an alum of UCLA, a Fulbright scholar, and has an Honorary...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 24, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
Sergeant Perry Watkins was a Black gay soldier who was among the first to challenge the ban against gay people in the US military. He was...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 22, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
Johnny Mathis is a Black American award-winning singer and songwriter who made more than 100 albums with 73 of them making the Billboard...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 21, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
George Washington Carver was an African-American inventor and botanist born during the last years of slavery in 1864. George found his...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 20, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
The Combahee River Collective was a queer black feminist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980 that met to discuss and address...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 18, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
Tracey Gayle “Africa" Norman is the first known prominent Black transgender female model. Originally from Newark, NJ, Tracey found her...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 17, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
Crystal M. Flemming, PhD is a sociologist, author, Associate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Stony Brook University. An...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 12, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
Nthabiseng Mokoena, whose pronouns are they/them/theirs is the first black South African to publicly advocate for intersex rights. In...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 10, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
Willi Ninja was a dancer and choreographer and is considered to be the grandfather/godfather of voguing. The self-taught dancer took the...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 5, 20191 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible!
Glenn Burke was a black, gay Major League Baseball player for the LA Dodgers and Oakland A’s from 1976 to 1979. He was the first player...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
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