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Davis Mac-Iyalla

January 19, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Davis Mac-Iyalla was born on January 19, 1972.  He is a respected LGBTQ advocate, faith leader, teacher, and human rights defender. Davis Mac-Iyalla was born in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. He was baptized and confirmed in Saint Andrew’s Anglican Church in Bakana, Nigeria, and attended primary and secondary education there. He enrolled in Teachers Training College in Degema, Nigeria. While in school, Mac-Iyalla was active in swimming and singing in the choir.  He was awarded the Best Punctuality Student of the Year award. […]

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Staceyann Chin

December 26, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Staceyann Chin was born on December 25, 1972. She is a highly respected spoken word poet, performance artist, and an LGBTQ rights and political activist. Her work has been featured in the “New York Times,” the “Washington Post,” and the “Pittsburgh Daily,” and her appearances include “60 Minutes,” “Showtime at the Apollo,” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” where she discussed the challenges of growing up gay in Jamaica. Staceyann Chin was born in Lottery, Jamaica, on Christmas Day. No one […]

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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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Byron Mason

July 20, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Byron Mason was born on July 20, 1972 (to November 1, 2020). He was a longtime community builder, HIV/AIDS researcher, respected social justice advocate, and activist. Byron Mason was born in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Robert Mason, an interior architect, and Maureen Mason, a marketing research executive. He attended the De La Salle Institute, graduating in 1990, and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia State University. After undergraduate school, Byron returned to Chicago and began a career in […]

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Nhojj

June 23, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Nhojj was born on June 24, 1972. He is an extraordinary vocalist, composer, poet, advocate and writer who uses music, words and images to create change. His work focuses on inspiration, same gender love, and embracing oneself. Born John Martinborough, Nhojj is the son of Gordon, a church minister, and Waveney, an elementary school principal. He has two older siblings, Esther and Sam. Nhojj attended Saint Margaret’s Primary School and Saint Roses High School in Guyana, and Caribbean Union College High School […]

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Laverne Cox

May 29, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Laverne Cox was born on May 29 (some sources cite birth year as 1984, others as 1972). She is an actress and LGBTQ advocate who became the first openly transgender person to be featured on the cover of “Time” magazine, and the first nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category. Laverne Cox was born a twin in Mobile, Alabama, and raised by her single mother, Gloria, and grandmother. Cox attempted suicide at the age of 11, and […]

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Yance Ford

April 13, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Yance Ford was born on April 13, 1972. He is the first openly transgender director nominated for an Academy Award, and only the third openly trans nominee in any Oscar category. Ford grew up on Long Island, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1994. For ten years beginning in 2002, he worked at PBS as series producer for “POV.” Ford is a Sundance Institute Fellow, a Creative Capital Grantee, and was featured in “Filmmaker” […]

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