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V. Gene Robinson
Name at birth: Vicky Imogene RobinsonV. Gene Robinson is the first openly gay man ever consecrated as a bishop in the Anglican branch of Christianity. He was elected by the New Hampshire Diocese and…Buster Baxter, 2005 News
animated bunny and star of the PBS show Postcards from Buster, created a stir when he was criticized in January by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings because an episode of the show…Other Awards
Notable Awards: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month (Civil Rights, Famous People) 2011 National Society of Film Critics Awards 2010 National Society of Film…LGBT Pride Month: Origins and Importance
Pride month, celebrated every year in June, serves as a tribute and a show of honor to members of the LGBTQ community and others involved in the stonewall riots of June 28, 1969, in Manhattan. It is…Andrea Dworkin
Writer Andrea Dworkin was a feminist and activist famous for her passionate campaign against pornography. She gained national attention after the publication of her book Woman Hating (1974), the…Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith's first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950) was made into a successful film by Alfred Hitchcock, but she's also famous for her creation of Tom Ripley, the charming and amoral…Jerry Falwell
Jerry Falwell was an evangelical Christian minister who founded the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia (1956) and gained national prominence through television and radio on the Old…Paul Bowles Biography
Paul BowlesAge: 88 maverick writer and composer who influenced a generation of Beat writers with his moody, dark stories and novels and his eccentric lifestyle. He's best known for his 1949…Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist whose 2006 memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic was a smash in the comics world as well as in the establishment literary world. It even became a stage musical. A…Lucy Lawless
Name at birth: Lucille Frances RyanThe TV show Xena, Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless as a campy barbarian-with-a-bosom, was a surprise TV hit in 1996. (The Xena series began as a spinoff of…Trending
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