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LGBTQ+ Hero
No18: Larry Kramer
American playwright, author, producer, public health advocate, and LGBT activist. Wrote the landmark play ‘The Normal Heart’.

“I don't consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools.”

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2020-06-21

Hi There! I'm TwistedFae, but peeps call me Twisted or Fae for short. I'm a self-taught tradition and digital artist, and I'm an activist. I love to create fantasy illustrations and I'm working on my first graphic novel as well.

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2020-06-21

The incredible James Baldwin was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. He was affected by stomach cancer.

"You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you."

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2020-06-08

Born 7Jun1757 Georgiana Cavendish, was an English socialite, style icon, author, and activist. She married William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and garnered much attention during her lifetime. https://t.co/Hy8yjsTUlL

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2020-06-07

✨ Aretha Franklin: singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist.

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2020-06-07

✨ Maya Angelou: writer, poet, civil rights activist.

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2020-06-07

hbd Iconic performer, dancer, member of the French Resistance in WWII, & civil rights activist... illo drawn for ‘Razzmatazz’ — a children's book about the by :)

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2020-06-04

Day 2

Laverne Cox: an American actress and LGBTQ+ activist.

Full caption on https://t.co/FoW154cPqB

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2020-06-03

The fabulous Josephine Baker was born on this day in 1906. Singer, dancer, agent during WWII, civil rights activist. I started a screenplay partially about her life, but didn't finish it.

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2020-06-03

Sylvia Rivera, a Puerto Rican-American gay and transgender rights activist. Full caption on https://t.co/FoW154cPqB

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2020-06-01

I designed and art directed this month's story by , about how tragedy turned a grieving mother into a harm reduction activist. made the beautiful illustrations. Very much worth a read. https://t.co/2kkqamcOta

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2020-04-01

Happy Birthday William Morris!
Artist, designer, weaver, embroiderer, calligrapher, poet, novelist, social activist...polymath & genius!

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2020-03-24

Pioneering artist Elizabeth Catlett's print of Sojourner Truth, 1947, African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was enslaved from birth in Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826

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2020-01-31

Rachel Leigh Cook super fan. Has submitted application to be on The Real World for 8 seasons with one call back. Plan to move to Paris and join the art scene if you don't get accepted this year. Egalitarian. Animal Activist. Doesn't believe in coincidence.

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2020-01-24

Nancy Spero is an American artist and activist.

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2020-01-15

Nancy Spero is an American artist and activist.

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2020-01-15

Nancy Spero is an American artist and activist.

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2020-01-15

A drawing of Ahed Tamimi, a young human-rights activist.

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2019-12-06

This weeks spotlight Amplifier Artist is Jackie Fawn. Jackie (Yurok/Washoe/Filipina) is an illustrator, artist & activist. Her work showcases contemporary indigenous people & reminds us that they are still here & still fighting for their sovereignty.

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2019-11-26