She Who Will Be Remembered

These are our lesbian sisters in spirit who are gone but not forgotten.
Here are some tributes and remembrances that honor them.

Barbara Esrig (1947-1923) was a writer, oral historian, nurse, and cook extraordinaire.

Betty Bird (1942-2022) was an artist and activist with a vision for accessibility.

Dore Rotundo (1935-2021) was an architect and landyke in Florida.

doris davenport (1949-2024) was a poet and activist from Georgia.

Dorothy Allison (1949-2024) was a bestselling novelist, poet, and nonfiction author.

Ellen Spangler (1934-2021) was a feminist activist and spiritual healer.

Flash Silvermoon (1950-2017) was a spiritual renaissance feminist.

Jade River (1950-2020) cofounded a lesbian-feminist cultural center serving Louisville, Kentucky, and cofounded the Re-formed Congregation of the Goddess-International.

Joan Garner (1951-2017) was a social justice activist, and a founding member of SONG, Southerners on New Ground.

Lorelei Esser (1949-2020) was an artist and cultural activist from Florida.

Margaret Parrish (1943-2013) was a feminist activist who cofounded the Gainesville Women’s Health Center in Gainesville, Florida.

Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024) was a poet born in Tennessee and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Knoxville, Tennessee. She is a major figure in the Black Arts Movement.

Rainbow Williams (1934-2022) was a feminist artist and an original member of Fairy Godmothers Incorporated, who attempted to save the Pagoda-Temple of Love, in Florida.

Shay Youngblood (1959-2024) was a novelist, playwright, artist, and poet in Atlanta, Georgia.

Shewolf, Dr. Jean Boudreaux (1932-2020) was dedicated to lesbian lands.

Terri Lynn Jewell (1954-1995) was a poet from Kentucky.