Jean O'Leary
Jean O'Leary
Jean O'Learywas an American lesbian and gay rights activist. She was the founder of Lesbian Feminist Liberation, one of the first lesbian activist groups in the women's movement, and an early member and co-director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. She co-founded National Coming Out Day...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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I was appalled and shocked that Bush used the State of the Union to attack same-sex marriages and indicated that he would support a constitutional amendment.
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I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial.
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If Carter had been there when the AIDS crisis came up, it would have been a whole different story. It could have been treated like a legitimate disease.
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I don't want to make it sound like a hotbed of lesbianism but I did have a number of relationships.