Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #DominicDSouza
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. Dominic D'Souza was an Indian actor turned AIDS activist....
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 30, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #GloriaAnzaldúa
Dr. Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was a queer, Mexican-American writer, and scholar. Her writings focused on the treatments of women in...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 29, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #LucyHicksAnderson
Lucy Hicks Anderson was assigned male when she was born in 1886 though she was adamant about being a girl since early childhood. Her...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 27, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #YasminBenoit
Yasmin Benoit is a a Black model, writer and activist from the UK. She came out as asexual and aromantic in 2017 and has been an activist...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 27, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #FredRosser
Fred Rosser perhaps better known as his ring name, Darren Young, is a gay, Black professional wrestler. He was signed to WWE from 2005 to...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 25, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #PaddyChew
Paddy Chew was a Chinese bisexual playwright from Singapore. Before becoming an author, he was a flight attendant for 13 years and later...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 24, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #HastiinKlah
Hastiin Klah was a Diné Navajo sand painter, chanter, weaver and healer. There are four genders in Diné tradition and Hastiin Klah was a...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 23, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #CaseyConway
Casey Conway is a gay, Australian, Aboriginal model. Before his modeling career, he was a semi-professional rugby player for the National...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 22, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #CasterSemenya
Caster Semenya is a Black South African middle distance runner. She was assigned female at birth, and identifies as a woman, though she...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 21, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #LinoBrocka
Catalino "Lino" Ortiz Brocka was an openly gay Filipino director and often incorporated LGBT themes into his films. He cofounded...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 20, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #NaveenBhat
Naveen Bhat is a non-binary, bisexual, South Asian actor and filmmaker. They were born in India, and raised in California. During a...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 19, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #SimonTsekoNkoli
Simon Tseko Nkoli was an openly gay, HIV positive South African anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist. He formed the first black...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 18, 20201 min read
It's #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #NiankhkhnumKhnumhotep
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were were royal servants to Pharaoh Nyuserre during the 25th century BC. Though both men had wives and...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 17, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #MaureeTurner
Mauree Turner is a Black, queer, Muslim femme who uses she/they pronouns. and might become the first Muslim lawmaker in Oklahoma. ,She...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 14, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #SiddharthGautam
Siddharth Gautam was one of India’s first LGBT and HIV rights activists. A lawyer with degrees from Yale and Cambridge Universities, he...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 13, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. #CathayWilliams
Cathay Williams born around 1850 to an enslaved mother and was assigned female at birth. During adolescence, Cathay was captured by and...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 11, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible! #JazzieCollins
Jazzie Collins was a Black, disabled, HIV+ trans woman who was a fierce activist and advocate for People of Color, disabled people,...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 10, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible! #MarkTravisRivera
Mark Travis Riviera is a disabled, gay, Latino activist, speaker, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He is the youngest person in the US...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 8, 20201 min read
It’s #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible! #MonicaRoberts
Monica Roberts was a pioneer Black trans rights activist and acclaimed journalist. She was known for giving a voice to the trans...
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Tyree Oredein, DrPH
Oct 8, 20201 min read
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible! #JulioSalgado
Julio Salgado is an openly queer, and openly undocumented “artivist” who was born in Mexico and raised in California. His art, which is...
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