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LGBT History Month profile: Nationally respected educator Ramon Cortines
Ramon Cortines is a nationally respected educator. He served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles and New York City school districts.
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LGBT History Month profile: Comedian, political humorist Kate Clinton
Kate Clinton is a political humorist with a gay and lesbian perspective. She is an actor, commentator and advocate for social causes.
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LGBT History Month profile: Chris Colfer, actor, singer, novelist, and screenwriter
Chris Colfer is an actor, singer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known for playing Kurt on “Glee.” He is one of the first openly gay teen actors to portray an out character on primetime television.
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LGBT History Month profile: Critically acclaimed author, Truman Capote
Truman Capote is a critically acclaimed author of contemporary American literature. He is best known for the novels “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
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LGBT History Month profile: Openly gay artist Paul Cadmus
Paul Cadmus was one of the first openly gay artists. He is best known for his homoerotic paintings and drawings of nude male figures.
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LGBT History Month profile: Glenn Burke, first openly gay MLB player
Glenn Burke was the first Major League Baseball player to come out to his teammates and managers during his career.
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LGBT History Month profile: Mary Bonauto, civil rights attorney
For more than two decades, Mary Bonauto has served as the civil rights project director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD).
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LGBT History Month profile: Katharine Lee Bates, songwriter and poet
Katharine Lee Bates was a songwriter, poet and educator. She is best known for writing “America the Beautiful.”
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LGBT History Month profile: Ann Bannon, popular lesbian-theme fiction author
Ann Bannon is an author best known for her lesbian-themed fiction series, “The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.” The popularity of the novels earned her the title “The Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction.”
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LGBT History Month profile: Gloria Anzaldua, Author and scholar
Gloria Anzaldua was a leading scholar of feminist, queer and Chicana theories. She was the first author to combine these subjects in poetry, narrative and autobiographical works. She helped build a multicultural feminist movement and called for people of different races to move forward together.