In South Africa, lesbians are at high risk from #correctiverape & murder, just for being gay.

19th c #lesbians lived together in what were called #BostonMarriages. Some have tried to de-gay them.

#BarbaraJordan was the 1st black member of Congress since Reconstruction, a civil rights icon & #lesbian.

#AnaBrnabi, 42, is the new Prime Minister of #Serbia.
She is an out lesbian.

#JohannaSigurdardottir was the world's 1st openly #lesbian elected head of state & PM of #Iceland til2013.

#JaneAddams founded modern social work, cofounded the #ACLU, won the Nobel Peace Prize & was a lesbian.

#GloriaAnzaldua was a Chicana scholar, writer, sociologist, activist, lesbian & last week, Google doodle.

#DrAliceHamilton was a physician, scientist, social reformer & lesbian. Her work created OSHA.

#AdrienneRich was an award-winning American poet, essayist, feminist theorist, leftist activist & lesbian.
