Waving the Rainbow Flag: Famous Gay & Bisexual Women
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Veronica Wells
Barbara Jordan
Jordan, the first African American woman elected to the Texas senate, never came out publicly and acknowledged her sexuality. Yet she lived with a woman for Nancy Earl for close to 30 years. In 1996, when she died due to complications from leukemia and multiple sclerosis, Earl was identified as her “long-time companion” in the obituary.
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