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Sean Sasser

October 25, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Sean Sasser was born on October 25, 1968 (to August 7, 2013). He was an educator, HIV/AIDS activist, mentor, pastry chef, and groundbreaking reality television star best known as the partner of fellow activist Pedro Zamora on the third season of MTV’s “The Real World.” Sean Franklin Sasser was born in Detroit, Michigan to Patricia (Pat) Robinson Sasser, the daughter of a minister, and an Army sergeant dad. Sasser’s parents divorced when he was six, and his father was mostly […]

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Dr. Dereck D. Barr-Pulliam

October 24, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Dr. Dereck D. Barr-Pulliam was born on October 24, 1978. He is an assistant professor of accounting at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a passionate scholar, volunteer, motivator, teacher, and an activist. But, most importantly, he is a father. Dereck D. Barr-Pulliam was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He has two brothers and two sisters, and attended Oxford High School, in Oxford, Mississippi, graduating in 1997. Following high school, he enrolled at The University of Mississippi, where he obtained his […]

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Kye Allums

October 23, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Kye Allums was born on October 23, 1989. As a college basketball player, Allums was the first openly trans NCAA Division I athlete, and is a gender inclusion specialist, artist, coach, and Black queer fluid transgender person of color committed to LGBTQ activism. Kye Allums was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, the oldest of four children. His mother, Rolanda DelaMartinez, emphasized the need for academics in addition to encouraging athletics; his father left the family when Allums was just five […]

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Jasmyne Cannick

October 22, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Jasmyne Cannick was born on October 22, 1977. She is a respected and nationally known LGBTQ advocate, writer, commentator, and public speaker, best known for her work at the intersection of race, politics, class, and sexual orientation and identity. She was honored as one of “Essence” magazine’s 25 Women Shaping the World, one of the Most Influential African Americans in Los Angeles Under 40, one of Los Angeles’ Most Fascinating Angelenos by “LA Weekly,” and “The Advocate” named her as one […]

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Anthony Antoine

October 21, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Anthony McWilliams, known professionally as Anthony Antoine, was born on October 21, 1969. He is a popular performance poet, community activist, singer/songwriter, HIV educator, author, and recognized trailblazer in the LGBTQ music scene who recorded his first out and proud song in 1997, and his first independently released out music project, “Dante’s Got a Man Too,” in 1999. Anthony Antoine McWilliams was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Chester Sanders and Marjorie McWilliams. He was raised with his brother Eric McWilliams, and has a sister, Nadine Coleman. McWilliams […]

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Gareth Henry

October 20, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Gareth Henry was born on October 20, 1977. He is an LGBTQ, HIV/AIDS, and social justice activist who fled to Toronto, Canada after experiencing homophobic violence and threats in his native Jamaica. Gareth Boyd Henry was born in St. Mary’s, a small town on the northern coast of Jamaica, to an absentee father with whom Henry has had no relationship, and a mother who was in her teens when he was born. While Henry’s sister was primarily raised by their […]

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Laurence E. Pinckney

October 19, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Laurence E. Pinckney was born on October 19. He is a New York City-based real estate broker, travel agent, and mentor. Pinckney also produced more than 350 concerts for some of the legends of the music business. Laurence E. Pinckney is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of a preparatory high school and Clark University, where he obtained his multi-discipline Bachelor of Art degree in Business, Sociology, and Theater Arts. Pinckney worked in the corporate world after college, but he felt […]

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Abubakar Sadiq Yussif

October 19, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Abubakar Sadiq Yussif was born on October 19, 1985 (to December 11, 2017). He was an openly gay Muslim in Ghana, a spiritual leader, and advocate for sexual health education and prevention. Abubakar Sadiq Yussif was a graduate of Koforidua Polytechnic & University of Ghana in Legon. He is the co-founder of the Solace Initiative in Ghana, an organization that focuses on the sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM) and other key populations. Sadiq previously worked […]

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Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa

October 18, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Buganda (within present-day Uganda) on October 18, 1884, following the death of his father, King Muteesa I. He was the 31st Kabaka (King) of Buganda, and reigned from 1884 until 1888, and again from 1889 until 1897. Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa was born at Nakawa (in present day Kampala, Uganda) in 1868. His father, Muteesa I of Buganda, reigned between 1856 and 1884. His mother was […]

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

Category Archives: October

Sean Sasser

Dr. Dereck D. Barr-Pulliam

Kye Allums

Jasmyne Cannick

Anthony Antoine

Gareth Henry

Laurence E. Pinckney

Abubakar Sadiq Yussif

Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa