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Michael Terry Everett

January 15, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Michael Terry Everett was born on January 15, 1980. He is a husband, champion of same gender love, researcher, advocate, HIV/AIDS activist, creator, and educational facilitator. Michael Terry Everett was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to William “Bill” Winchester, the grandson of Delaware’s first seated Black state representative, and the son of jazz musician Lem Winchester. Michael grew up mostly with his mother, Ida Everett, a homemaker who struggled with addiction most of her life. His older sister and only sibling, […]

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Pepe Julian Onziema

November 30, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Pepe Julian Onziema was born on November 30, 1980. Known to many as Opimva (“son of a chief”), he is an African citizen of Ugandan descent, a human rights defender, sexual and gender minority advocate, fearless influencer of society, and freedom fighter living openly as a transman in Uganda. Born into Ugandan royalty to Lieutenant George Ken Onzima and midwife Florence Naigwe Onzima, Pepe Julian Onziema’s heritage includes the Ma’di tribe in the West Nile Province. When Onziema was just […]

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Tarell Alvin McCraney

October 17, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Tarell Alvin McCraney was born on October 17, 1980. He is an Oscar-winning screenwriter, playwright, and actor who was the recipient of the first New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award for “The Brother/Sister Plays.” Tarell Alvin McCraney grew up amid poverty and uncertainty in Miami, Florida’s Liberty City neighborhood. His father left home early on, and his mother reportedly battled crack addiction, and died from AIDS-related complications when he was 22. McCraney pursued magnet drama programs at the Charles Drew, […]

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Charles Stephens

August 15, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Charles Stephens was born on August 15, 1980. He is a highly respected writer, critical thinker, activist, and founder of The Counter Narrative Project, an initiative that engages in advocacy around issues that impact Black gay men. Charles Stephens was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Eddie Stephens, a welder by trade, and his mother, the late Etta Stephens, who was a homemaker. Charles is a graduate of Georgia State University, where he co-founded Black Out, the campus Black LGBTQ student organization, […]

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Tony Woods

July 20, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Tony Woods was born on July 20, 1980. He is an outstanding former military officer, Congressional candidate, SGL/LGBTQ activist, and humanitarian. Additionally, Woods has written op-eds on politics and national security for “The Washington Post,” the “Daily Beast,” and “Huffington Post,” and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Anthony Christopher Woods was born into a military family at Travis Air Force Base in California’s Solano County. He was raised by a single mother who supported her family […]

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