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(#3) Angela Davis
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Civil rights activist and politician Angela Davis publicly confirmed that she is a lesbian in the 1990s.
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(#21) Elaine Noble
- 75
Elaine Noble became the first openly gay person elected to a state legislature when she became a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1974. "There was a level of animosity in all strata of society against homosexuality," she said of the time.
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(#35) Sally Talbot
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Australian politician Sally Talbot has said, "That attitude towards my professional and my personal life is actually based on my belief that it [sexual orientation] isn't that important."
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(#5) Barbara Jordan
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Civil rights leader Barbara Jordan was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972-1978. It was reported that Jordan was a lesbian following her death.
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(#17) Kathleen Maltzahn
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Australian politician Kathleen Maltzahn uses her position to fight for equality for everyone.
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(#14) Marcia Freedman
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American-Israeli politician Marcia Freedman is the first openly lesbian Knesset member. She said, "The subject then was very closed, non-existent. I had to hide this from my family and hold parties behind closed shutters. In the 1970s very few women dared to admit to being lesbians and the same was true among men."
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