In South Africa, lesbians are at high risk from #correctiverape & murder, just for being gay.
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19th c #lesbians lived together in what were called #BostonMarriages. Some have tried to de-gay them.
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#BarbaraJordan was the 1st black member of Congress since Reconstruction, a civil rights icon & #lesbian.
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#AnaBrnabi, 42, is the new Prime Minister of #Serbia.
She is an out lesbian.
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#JohannaSigurdardottir was the world's 1st openly #lesbian elected head of state & PM of #Iceland til2013.
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#JaneAddams founded modern social work, cofounded the #ACLU, won the Nobel Peace Prize & was a lesbian.
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#GloriaAnzaldua was a Chicana scholar, writer, sociologist, activist, lesbian & last week, Google doodle.
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#DrAliceHamilton was a physician, scientist, social reformer & lesbian. Her work created OSHA.
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#AdrienneRich was an award-winning American poet, essayist, feminist theorist, leftist activist & lesbian.
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