Lorraine Hansberry: Playwright, essayist and activist best known for writing A Raisin in the Sun, Regular writer for the magazine of the Daughters of Bilitis, America's first lesbian civil and political rights group, Margaret Chung: The first female Chinese American physician, Was barred by the government from joining the Woman's Naval Reserves–an organization she helped found–because she was gay, Susan Love: A surgeon, researcher, and women's health pioneer best known as an early founder of the breast cancer advocacy movement, Made history in MA when she and her partner were approved for the state's first adoption by a same sex couple, Barbara Jordan: Lawyer, civil rights activist, and first Black person elected to Texas Senate after Reconstruction, The first LGBTQ+ woman to serve in the United States Congress, Alan Hart: A pioneering radiologist and physician who discovered x-rays could be used to detect tuberculosis, One of the first recorded trans men to receive gender affirming surgery in the US., Sally Ride: The first American woman to travel into space, The first out gay person in the world to hold her job title, Bayard Rustin: Civil rights activist who organized the March on Washington, Gay rights and AIDS education activist, Stephen Sondheim: Composer and lyricist famous for award-winning Broadway musicals, Was influential for coming out as gay at a time when few famous public figures were out,

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