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Famous Lesbian Birthdays this Month

Feb. 3 – Gertrud Stein(1874-1946) – An important innovator and transformer of the English language.

Feb. 7 – Margie Adam (Born in 1949) – Pioneer in women’s music.

Feb. 8 – Harmony Lynn Hammond (Born in 1944) – Artist whose lesbian feminism is integrated into her work.

Feb. 8 – Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) – American poet who encoded a lesbian identity in her poems.

Feb. 9 – Alice Walker (Born in 1944) – Writer who presents lesbianism as natural and liberating.

Feb. 9 – Amy Lowell(1974-1925) – Literary figure whose poems were sensual and often overtly lesbian.

Feb. 9 – Jovette Marchessault (Born in 1938) – The first novelist from Quebec to unequivocally declare her lesbianism.

Feb. 18 – Audre Lorde (1934-1992) – African-American activist and writer whose work was influenced by her lesbianism.

Feb. 19 – Sheila James Kuehl (Born in 1941) – Former child star turned respected legislator and proponent of GLBTQ rights.

Feb. 19 – Carson McCullers (1917-1967) – Sexually ambiguous writer whose fictions resists neat heterosexuality.

Feb. 21 – Anäis Nin (1903-1977) – Bisexual novelist best known for her posthumously published diaries and erotica.

Feb. 21 – Barbara Jordan (1936-1996) – Closeted lesbian educator and member of the U.S. Congress.
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