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Dr. Sylvia Rhue

November 13, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Dr. Sylvia Rhue was born on November 13, 1947. She is a widely respected writer, activist, filmmaker, producer, religious scholar, sexologist, and animal rescuer. Sylvia Rhue comes from a family with deep roots in America’s history. Her family’s heritage is a bittersweet snapshot of Americana sifted through the rigors of slavery. On the side of her father, Howard, Rhue’s forebears escaped from the Miles plantation in Virginia by way of the Underground Railroad, meeting up with Harriet Tubman in Detroit. […]

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Sylvester

September 6, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Sylvester was born on September 6, 1947 (to December 16, 1988). The celebrated disco, R&B, and soul legend known as the “Queen of Disco” rocked to the top of the disco music charts in the late 1970s as an androgynous performer with a captivating falsetto voice. While others would later emulate his style, Sylvester was unique and groundbreaking, and considered a visionary in terms of his proud queerness, Blackness and artistry. “Billboard” ranked him as the 59th most successful dance […]

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Dr. Danny L. Scarborough

July 27, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Dr. Danny L. Scarborough was born on July 27, 1947 (to May 10, 1989). He was an innovative, Emmy Award-winning choreographer and dancer, an esteemed scholar, and one of the first well-known African Americans to go public about living with HIV/AIDS. Daniel Lyon Scarborough grew up on a farm near Wake Forest, North Carolina. Adopted by a caring and loving family, he was particularly close to his adopted grandfather, who instilled in him a passion for learning. Scarborough was a […]

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Octavia Butler

June 21, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

[Editor note: Although Octavia Butler never publicly discussed her sexuality, her biography has been reproduced here as written and published by Stephen Maglott (with minor updates), who references the ongoing discussion about how she identified.] Octavia Butler was born on June 22, 1947 (to February 24, 2006). She was a celebrated American Science Fiction author, who excelled in a genre with few African-American women. She won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer […]

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

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Dr. Sylvia Rhue

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