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Mandy Carter

November 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Mandy Carter was born on November 2, 1948. She is a social justice activist and organizer of more than 50 years who co-founded the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) and Southerners On New Ground (SONG), a social justice organization that supports the LGBTQ community. In 2005, Carter was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Mandy Carter was born in Albany, New York, growing up in two orphanages and the Schenectady Children’s Home in upstate New York. Despite those challenges, Carter […]

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Darren Young (Fred Rosser)

November 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Fred “Freddie” Rosser (known professionally as Darren Young) was born on November 2, 1983. He was the first professional wrestler to publicly come out as LGBTQ while signed to a major promotion. Frederick Douglas Rosser III was born in Union Township, New Jersey, the only child of Frederick and Robin Rosser. Although he played football while a student at Union High School and for his first year at Farleigh Dickinson University, professional wrestling was Rosser’s first love. “As a teenager, […]

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John “Longjones” Abdallah Wambere

November 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

John “Longjones” Abdallah Wambere was born on November 2, 1972. He is an LGBTIQ activist, HIV/AIDS and social justice advocate, and public speaker who was granted asylum in the United States after fleeing violence and persecution in his home country. Born as John Bosco Wambere into a Christian family in Mbale, Uganda, his father, James Makumba, was a businessman, and his mother, Petronila Amali Makumba, a midwife; he has seven siblings and three step-siblings. Wambere was a Boy Scout, and […]

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