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.

If you would like to write a remembrance, please send it to us by email at:
slfaherstoryproject@gmail.com

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.