A Lesbian United States Senator |
She was elected as Wisconsins first female senator, as well as the first openly gay senator in US history |
She is an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, access to healthcare, and student debt relief |
She was born in 1962 |
Researched by Carol Krein
A gay jewish man who was na early figure in the gay liberationist movement and researched medical care for transgender people |
He cofounded the worlds first gay right's organization, the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee (SHC) |
He founded the Institute of Sexual Science, which offered medical care, professional training, research opportunities, and public sex education |
The institute was targeted in the Nazi book burnings, which is why most of his data is lost |
He was born in 1868 |
He died in 1935 |
Researched by Tyler Dettloff
The playwright, composer, and lyricist for Rent |
He was a Jewish white cis man, whose sexuality is questioned to this day |
The people he was close to say that he was gay, while others say he was just a straight ally |
His roommate had contracted AIDS which encouraged him to write a musical to showcase the experience of a person who is close friends with someone who contracted AIDS |
He was born in 1960 |
He died in 1996 |
Researched by Wren Biggers