In 1968 Walter Cole met a dance choreographer named Roxy Neuhardt. Neither one knew it at the time, but the resulting vision of the bar owner and the choreographer would be a 50-plus year personal relationship, and the birth of one of the most Trans supportive personalities in the United States, Darcelle...

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Jamison Green is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished contributors to the contemporary transgender movement for health, civil rights, social safety, dignity and respect for gender-variant people. He is a writer and educator, born (1948) and raised in Oakland, California. He holds both a BA and MFA in English ...

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Roma is recognized as one of the most outspoken and highly visible members of San Francisco's notorious Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. For the past two decades Roma has been an activist/fundraiser and champion of Free Speech, speaking publicly at demonstrations, colleges and universities, on television, radio,...

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Billy DeFrank was the stage name of William Price (1936-1986), an African-American drag entertainer and gay rights activist from San Jose, California. He is eponym for San Jose's Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center. The Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center opened its doors...

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From the moment he steps on stage you realize that there is no other entertainer like Frank Marino. It's not just his campy voice, his smoothly electric performance, or even his impeccable selection of clever comedy material. It's his energy, which of course is the key to putting on any show. Most of Frank Marino's popularity came...

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