“BLACK LESBIAN FEMINIST,” Gwenn Craig (@gwenndolina), Lesbian & Gay Caucus member, 1980 Democrat
“BLACK LESBIAN FEMINIST,” Gwenn Craig (@gwenndolina), Lesbian & Gay Caucus member, 1980 Democratic National Convention, New York City, August 1980. Photo by Allen G. Shores, c/o @onearchives..Gwenn Craig is a San Francisco-based activist who has been instrumental in the fights for Black, queer, and women’s liberation for decades..Among many other things, Gwenn was part of the core group of activists—along with Harvey Milk, Sally Miller Gearhart, Bill Kraus, Tom Ammiano, and Hank Wilson—that led the fight against the 1978 Briggs Initiative in California, which effectively would have banned gays and lesbians—and perhaps anyone who supported gay rights—from working in public schools..Gwenn also was one of the revolutionary group of openly gay or lesbian delegates to the 1980 Democratic National Convention, most of whom participated as part of the late, great Jeanne Cordova’s DESTINATION: NEW YORK program..Gwenn Craig is among the trailblazing queer activists featured in Dustin Lance Black’s (@dlanceblack) “When We Rise” (@whenweriseabc), which starts tomorrow, February 27, at 9 P.M., on ABC. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #GwennCraig #WhenWeRise #Resist (at Madison Square Garden) -- source link
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