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The Community Pioneers awards recognize diverse community leaders for their roles as organizational founders, innovators, advocates and volunteers. In 2021, the Rainbow History Project honors 13 Community Pioneers for their diverse contributions to…

A discussion of the history of the Washington Blade and the evolution of news coverage for and about the LGBTQ communities in DC. Also the digitization of the Blade and its online avialability through DC Public Library's DigDC. Featuring Lou Chibbaro…

Panelists discuss the role of women during the AIDS crisis: as leaders in the community response, care giving, government relations, and women suffering from HIV/AIDS. Featuring Valerie Papaya Mann, Colevia Carter and Patricia Nalls, moderated by…

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Bob Saks is a straight rabbi who graduated and was ordained from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1970. In 1972, Saks joined the Rabbinic Association of the Reform Movement. He led the University of Maryland College Park’s Hillel chapter from 1973…

Jessica Xavier is a trans health activist living in Rockville, MD. She is interview by Bryan Schwartz.

Description from Deacon Maccubin, June 2018:
"The photo of the bearded long-haired hippie holding the proclamation is, indeed, me [Deacon] and it was taken in 1975. The African American man next to me is John A. Wilson who, at the time, was the…

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A native of Rhode Island, JD came to Washington, D.C., to attend Georgetown University. He discusses his activism in Rhode Island before coming to Georgetown, gay social patterns among young men in D.C., and attending being present at Supreme Court…

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Barry Robert “Bart” Forbes recounts his long career as a public television producer and political activist working on behalf of suburban gays and lesbians in Fairfax County, Virginia. Forbes’ accomplishments include the the founding of the Fairfax…

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Jean Ponton worked as a volunteer for Gay Fairfax TV, an important LGBT television show.