Curated category
African-American LGBTQ people
- Billie HolidayEleanora Fagan was born on the 7th of April 1915, in Philadelphia to an unwed teenage couple named Clarence Halliday and Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan.
- Little RichardRichard Wayne Penniman was born on the 5th of December 1932 in Macon, Georgia. He grew up as the third child among twelve siblings in a household where his…
- Queen LatifahDana Elaine Owens arrived in the world on the 18th of March 1970 within the city limits of Newark, New Jersey. Her childhood unfolded primarily in nearby…
- Megan Thee StallionMegan Jovon Ruth Pete arrived in the world on the 15th of February 1995, inside a hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Her mother Holly Thomas moved the family to…
- Audre LordeAudre Lorde was born Audrey Geraldine Lorde on the 18th of February 1934, in New York City to Caribbean immigrants Frederick Byron Lorde and Linda Gertrude…
- Billy PrestonWilliam Everett Preston entered the world on the 2nd of September 1946, in Houston. He moved to Los Angeles as a child with his mother Robbie Lee Williams.
- Angela DavisAngela Yvonne Davis was born on the 26th of January 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama. Her family lived in the "Dynamite Hill" neighborhood during the 1950s.
- Justin SimienJustin Simien was born in Houston, Texas. He grew up Catholic and lost his father while he was still young. The family lived within the metro area of that…