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Linda Villarosa

January 9, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Linda Villarosa was born on January 9, 1959. She is an acclaimed journalist, author, and college professor with a passion for LGBTQ and other social justice issues as well as physical and emotional health. Her June 2017 article, “America’s Hidden HIV Epidemic,” ran on the cover of “The New York Times Magazine,” where Villarosa is a contributing writer. The story looked at HIV/AIDS among Black gay men in the South, and was one of the publication’s most popular articles of the year. […]

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Michael Sam

January 7, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Michael Sam was born on January 7, 1990. He is a former American football defensive end who made history when he declared he was gay in a 2014 interview. He retired from football in August of 2015, but not before becoming the first publicly LGBTQ player to be drafted into the National Football League (NFL), and the first openly gay player in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Michael Alan Sam, Jr. is the seventh of eight children born to JoAnn […]

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Tyrieak Mines

January 6, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Tyrieak Mines was born on January 6, 1989. He is a highly respected writer, blogger, producer, and marriage equality advocate. Born Byron Rodgers Jr., Tyrieak Mines is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, the beloved son of Byron and Patricia Rodgers. He attended Northwestern High School, where his passion for the arts and storytelling grew. Most of the work he does is self-taught, playing with different tools to see what the outcome would be. In 2010, Mines founded the blog site “The Scoop Entertainment,” which, in […]

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Rev. MacArthur Flournoy

January 5, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Reverend MacArthur Flournoy was born on January 5, 1960. Widely respected as determined, courageous, and resilient, he is a father and grandfather, a theologian justice leader, an administrator, and a non-profit executive with three decades of experience in human services and social justice issues. Mack Henry Flournoy was born in Los Angeles, California, to the late Mack Henry Flournoy, Jr., a Louisiana-born African American business owner providing janitorial services, and Rose Estevez Dominguez Flournoy, a first-generation Mexican American licensed vocational […]

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Alvin Ailey

January 5, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Alvin Ailey was born on January 5, 1931 (to December 1, 1989). He was a celebrated modern dancer, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. Ailey is credited with popularizing modern dance, and revolutionizing African American participation in 20th century concert dance. Alvin Ailey, Jr. was the only child of Lula Elizabeth Ailey and Alvin Ailey, Sr. born in the Central Texas town of Rogers. His father abandoned the family when Ailey […]

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Jamil Fletcher

January 5, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Jamil Fletcher was born on January 5, 1965. The accomplished publisher of “SWERV” magazine is also an entrepreneur, community activist, and philanthropist. Jamil Ali Fletcher was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the beloved son of Wilbert and Betty Fletcher. Wilbert was a recognized community planner and activist, while Betty was a registered nurse who specialized in surgical services. The youngest of four children in a loving home, Jamil Fletcher grew up surrounded by talented siblings. His eldest brother, Wilbert, Jr., was […]

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Guy Weston

January 4, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Guy Oreido Weston was born on January 4. He is an accomplished family historian and writer. While his earliest work focused on profiling the nascent HIV epidemic during its first decades and issues of sexual identity, Weston currently writes about African American genealogy and history. In November 2017, he was appointed as a visiting scholar in the history department at Rutgers University, where he will do research on antebellum free African Americans in New Jersey. His latest research was published in […]

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Gabriel Maldonado

January 3, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Gabriel Maldonado was born on January 3, 1989. He is a community organizer, public health and social justice advocate, public speaker, BlaQueer feminist, and founder and chief executive officer of TruEvolution. Gabriel Paul Maldonado grew up in Compton, California. He attended San Pedro High School Police Academy, graduating in 2007. He went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from the University of California, Riverside, and an MBA in international business from the University of […]

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Marla Glen

January 3, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Marla Glen was born on January 3, 1960. She is a popular singer, actress and songwriter known for her unique smoky voice, haunting lyrics, and her fierce commitment to social change and the cause of human unity. Marla Glen was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Dell Glen, a Jamaican-American banker who worked for Merrill Lynch, and Cortez Glen, a Mexican-American blues guitarist. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago surrounded by music. Her grandmother was a […]

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Shikeith

January 2, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Shikeith was born on January 3, 1989. He is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, filmmaker, and creator of the documentary “#Blackmendream.” Shikeith N. Cathey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a young man, Shikeith recalls peers challenging the authenticity of his Black masculinity—experiences that would later influence his work. “Growing up in Philadelphia, I experienced a lot of hardships at the hands of individuals performing a masculine ideal that was detrimental to those who existed outside its boundaries,” he told the […]

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Topher Campbell

January 1, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Topher Campbell was born on January 1. He is a filmmaker, theatre maker, actor, writer, social commentator, and social justice advocate. Campbell co-founded rukus! Federation, an arts collective dedicated to presenting the best work by Black LGBTQ artists, and co-created the UK’s first and only archive dedicated to the lives and history of Black LGBTQ people. Campbell was born into poverty in Coventry, UK to a Jamaican mother and an unknown father—the result of what he called “a love affair […]

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Created by Stephen A. Maglott (1953-2016). Biographical tributes to distinguished LGBTQ/SGL people of color/African descent.

Category Archives: January

Linda Villarosa

Michael Sam

Tyrieak Mines

Rev. MacArthur Flournoy

Alvin Ailey

Jamil Fletcher

Guy Weston

Gabriel Maldonado

Marla Glen

Shikeith

Topher Campbell