Jaen Black cropped from a 1980s publicity photo by Penelope Williams.

Jaen Black is an avowed, heavy butch who earned her living in nontraditional jobs, and as the drummer with radical lesbian Moral Hazard.

Jan Gibson cofounded the lesbian band Moral Hazard. She was also a poet, a songwriter, an artist, a feminist, and a proud mother.

Mandy Carter Photo by Bill Bamberger. Used with permission.

Mandy Carter, Southern Black lesbian activist and worker for the War Resisters League, marched for peace, helped start SONG, and coproduced Rhythm Fest, a “workers festival.”