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Barbara Gittings
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Born
July 31
,
1932
·
Vienna, Austria
Died
February 18
,
2007
·
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
(breast cancer)
Birth name
Barbara Brooks Gittings
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Barbara Gittings was born on July 31, 1932 in Vienna, Austria. She died on February 18, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Founder of the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first national organization for lesbians.
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Kay Tobin-Lahusen
.
Helped lobby the American Psychiatric Association to change its stance on homosexuality from a mental disorder.
Was the head of the American Library Association's Gay Task Force, now known as the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table.
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