Queer women who changed the course of history for people belonging to LGBTQ community.
Deepannita Das
A Physicist by profession, she was the first American Woman in space. After her death in 2012, it was found that she was in relationship with a woman for 27 years.
A Biracial Butch Lesbian Drag King, she was not one of the key contributors to the Stonewall Riots but remained active in the Gay Liberation movement in the later years.
3. Bessie Smith
3. Bessie Smith
A bisexual woman, she is known as the Empress of Blues, and was a prominent woman vocalist in the 1930s.
4. Florence Nightingale
She identified herself as lesbian, and established the basis of modern nursing. She attended to those in need during the Crimean War, and became flagbearer of women rights.
She was a black feminist lesbian and an American writer and poet. She was vocal about Black female empowerment and was also a prominent civil rights activist.
5. Audre Lorde
6. Sylvia Rivera
A transgender activist, she was one of the first women to throw a bottle at the 1969 Stonewall Inn Raid. She was also the founder of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance.
7. Josephine Baker
She identified herself as bisexual and was an American born French dancer. She fought for matters involving race and gender. She was also involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
8. Frida Kahlo
A prominent feminist figure and a popular Mexican artist, she was openly radical and had both male and female lovers.
9. Eve Sedgwick
Sedgwick is a matriarch of queer theory. Through her work she has explored the meaning of hetero and homosexuality and how queerness exists as a different identity.
10. Ani DiFranco
A feminist music legend and activist, she has fought and addressed social inequalities such as homophobia, racism and reproductive rights.
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