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Kecia Cunningham: Bodacious African American Trailblazer

In 1999, Kecia Cunningham was the South’s first, openly lesbian African American elected to office, winning a seat on Decatur, Georgia, City Commission.

Posted on February 4, 2025 Posted in Social and Political Groups Tagged with activism, African American woman, Agnes Scott College, Decatur City Commission, Decatur Georgia, each one teach one, feminist, first openly gay African American, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and LGBTQ Victory Fund, HRC, Human Rights Campaign, Lenny Lasater, lesbian, LGBTQIA+, Mayor Elizabeth Wilson, queer person, southern, The Enlightened Coalition, Victory Fund, Wellesley College, Wellesley’s Organization of Lesbians and Friends, WOLF

Shewolf: Dedicated to Lesbian Lands

Shewolf formed lesbian community and worked for equal pay for women at University of Louisiana Lafayette, held feminist potlucks, and she was ahead of her time.

Posted on December 19, 2024 Posted in Lesbian Land Groups, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers Tagged with Carefree, Cathy Groene, Directory of Wimmens Land Communities, Gina Razete, landdyke directory, lesbian, lesbian potluck, longleaf, lovern king, Maize: A Lesbian Country Magazine, Outland, Pagoda, Professor of Speech Therapy, pueblo rv park, Rainbow Village, RVing Women, Shewolf, Sister Spirit, Sugarloaf, Superstition Mountain Resort, Womanshare, WomanWorld, zoe swanagon

Gareth Fenley: Guide for Lesbians Moving to Atlanta, Georgia, 1995 to 2015

Gareth Fenley

Gareth Fenley, a writer, dedicated lesbian, and woman of many talents, wrote a guide for lesbians visiting or moving to Atlanta, Georgia. This guide is her gift to all lesbians who may find it useful. A lot of this information would otherwise be lost to herstory, and for that, we greatly appreciate Gareth Fenley for submitting this to the Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project.

Posted on July 6, 2024 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Social and Political Groups Tagged with AALGA, African American Lesbian & Gay Alliance, Atlanta Georgia, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bed and Breakfast Atlanta, Buckhead, Candler Park and Lake Claire, Charis Books, Creative Loafing, Decatur Georgia, Gareth Fenley, Greenwich Village of the South, Guide for Lesbians Moving to Atlanta, Hospitality Atlanta, Inman Park, lesbian, Little Five Points, MARTA, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, moving to Atlanta, Olympics Out of Cobb Coalition, Poncey Highland, Revolution, Seven Points LLC, Shahan's Saloon, social work exam, social work licensing, Southern Voice, SoVo, The Key Club, The Otherside, Tower Lounge, Walton County Georgia, WINK, Women in Kahoots, ZAMI

Alexis Pauline Gumbs: Black Feminist Love Evangelist

Alexis has described herself as “a queer Black troublemaker, a Black feminist love evangelist, and an aspirational cousin to all sentient beings.”

Posted on March 14, 2023 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services, Spirituality and Religion Tagged with ’Young Women’s Writing Group, Advocate's 40 under 40, Akasha Gloria Hull, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, Atlanta Georgia, Audre Lorde, Barnard College at Columbia University, Best American Experimental Writing, Black Dirt, Black feminism, Black feminist activists, Black Feminist Bookmobile, Black Feminist Breathing Collages, Black Feminist Film School, Charis Books and More, Charis Young Writers, China Martens, Cliterati, Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin, Dr. M. Jacqui Alexander, Dr. Zenzele Isoke, Duke University, Emory University, Erin Sharkey Free, Essence magazine, Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind, Farrar Straus Giroux, feminist bookstores, Feminist Studies, Firefly Ridge, Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts, Helena Cragg, heternormativity, Honeypot, Hortense Spiller, Humanities for the Public Good gathering in Chapel Hill North Carolina, James Baldwin, June Jordan Reading Room, Juneteenth Freedom Academy, Katina Parker, Laurie Carlos, lesbian, Leslie Parker, LGBTQ Soul Sanctuary, Lucille Clifton, Lucille Clifton ShapeShifter Survival School, M Archive After the End of the World, Mai’a Williams, Mama Mosaic theatre company, Margaret Wade, Mobile Homecoming Living Library, Mobile Homecoming project, Mobile Homecoming Trust Living Library and Archive, Penny Winton, Pushcart Prize, Revolutionary Mothering, Rondo Neighborhood St. Paul Minnesota, Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Sangodare Julia Roxanne Wallace, School of Our Lorde, Signe Hardily, Spelman College Atlanta Georgia, Spill Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity, SUNY State University of New York New Paltz, Sylvia Williams, Sylvia Wynter, The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde: Biography as Ceremony, Truth Be Told, Undrowned Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, University of Minnesota Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts, UTNE Reader Visionaries Transforming the World, Vox teen newspaper, Youth Communication, Zenzele Isoke

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Kecia Cunningham: Bodacious African American Trailblazer

Shewolf: Dedicated to Lesbian Lands

Gareth Fenley: Guide for Lesbians Moving to Atlanta, Georgia, 1995 to 2015

Alexis Pauline Gumbs: Black Feminist Love Evangelist