Profiles Index

Laurel Hester - Freeheld - Best Short Documentary Oscar
Freeheld won the Oscar for Best Short Documentary 2007. This is the story of Laurel Hester, the subject of that movie and her fight to leave her pension to her partner.

Barbara Gittings - Lesbian Rights Activist
Barbara Gittings fought for gay and lesbian rights since the 1950s. She was one of the founders of Daughters of Bilitis, one of the earliest lesbian organizations.

Jane Addams: Social Worker, Political Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Here's a bio of Jane Addams. Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago, the birth of the modern social work. Although she would not have used the word Lesbian, she did have lasting relationships with women throughout her life.

Gladys Bentley: Bulldagger who Sang the Blues
Gladys Bentley was a Black lesbian in history. She sang the Blues and even married a woman in the Harlem Renaissance.