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Zaya's bravery is contagious. Her willingness to be who she is at such a young age not only sets an example, but her family's public navigation of it—especially in regards to her exemplary father Dwyane Wade—shows families across the country that they can learn from their children just as much as teach them. This bio …
#QueerHeroes Day 7. James Baldwin. Baldwin’s first novel, Go Tell it on the Mountain, was widely praised when it came out in 1953. However, when he went to his publisher with his second novel, Giovanni’s Room, he was told to burn it. The book didn’t shy away from bisexuality or homosexuality and was met with controversy …
#QueerHeroes Day 5. Patrick Kelly. Patrick Kelly was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1954. His mother was a home economics teacher and he learned to sew in his teenage years. After graduating high school, he moved from Mississippi to Atlanta, where he worked in a thrift shop. He began modifying the donated designer fashions and constructing …
Evan Brechtel 