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Brenda Howard
Brenda Howard (1946 December 24 – 2005 June 28) was a bisexual activist and sex-positive feminist, and was an important figure in the modern LGBT rights movement.
Biography
Howard was a leader of the Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance in the early post-Stonewall era and a founder of the New York Area Bisexual Network.
She is also known as the "the Mother of Pride", for her work in coordinating the first month anniversary rally and then the "Christopher Street Liberation Day March" to commemorate the first year anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. Howard also originated the idea for a week-long series of events around Pride Day which became the genesis of the annual LGBT Pride celebrations that are now held around the world every June.
Howard was born in the Bronx and grew up in Syosset LI. She graduated from Syosset High School and from Borough of Manhattan Community College with an AAS degree in Nursing.
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See also
- Sylvia Rivera
- Marsha P. Johnson
- Stonewall riots
- Gay pride
- Gay Liberation Front
- Gay Activists Alliance
- New York Area Bisexual Network
External links
- Brenda Howard's Website
- LJ community to celebrate & continue Brenda Howard's activism
- New York Area Bisexual Network (NYABN)
- In Memoriam, Brenda Howard (BiSquish)
- Brenda Howard, Bisexual Activist, Dies (Gay City News)
- Brenda Howard, A Long History of Activism (Gay City News)
- pioneering activist for gays and bisexuals (Advocate)
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