Ubuntu Bio Project

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Ron Buckmire @madprofessah was born on May 21, 1968. He is a professor, progressive blogger, and LGBTQ activist. #ubuntubiographyproject

@madprofessah We will change that. Thank you for the correction.

@UbuntuBios Thank you for the recognition. My name is not “Ronald K. Buckmire” it is actually Ron Buckmire. Ron is not short for Ronald.

Melvin Dixon was born on May 29, 1950 (to October 26, 1992). He was an influential poet, fiction writer, educator, translator of Francophone literature, and an activist who frequently wrote about Black gay men. #ubuntubiographyproject

.@Lavernecox was born on May 29. She is an actress and LGBTQ advocate who became the first openly trans person to be featured on the cover of “Time” magazine, and the first nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category. ubuntubiographyproject.com/2017/05/29/lav… #ubuntubiographyproject

Lorena Borjas was born on May 29, 1960. Borjas is a transgender and immigrant rights activist who runs HIV testing programs for trans sex workers, and syrige exchanges for trans women in need of hormone injections. #ubuntubiographyproject

Rod Patrick Risbrook was born on May 28. He is a celebrated photographer, filmmaker, MicrosStation CADD professional, an atheist, a Pan-Africanist, and a humanitarian. #ubuntubiographyproject

Simone Bell was born on May 27. She is a community organizer and former politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives until 2015 as the first openly lesbian African-American state legislator in the United States. #ubuntubiographyproject

Archbishop Carl Bean was born on May 26, 1944. He is a gospel, pop, dance and Broadway music performer, pioneering HIV/AIDS activist, and founder and presiding prelate of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, a liberal Protestant denomination open to all. #ubuntubiographyproject

Sakia Gunn was born on May 26, 1987 (to May 11, 2003). She was a 15-year-old who was brutally murdered in a hate crime that led to advances for the LGBTQ community in Newark, New Jersey. #ubuntubiographyproject

Hartsel Clifton Shirley @HartselC was born on May 26, 1969. He is a singer/songwriter, ordained elder, best-selling author, entrepreneur, and life advocate. #ubuntubiographyproject

Dréya St. Clair @DreyaStClair was born on May 25, 1983. St. Clair is an actor, writer, public speaker, and producer. #ubuntubiographyproject

Donna Payne-Hardy was born on May 24, 1963. She is an LGBTQ civil rights leader, a powerful voice for equality and justice, an LGBTQ activist, and a respected community builder. #ubuntubiographyproject

Yvonne Welbon @yvonnewelbon was born on May 24, 1962. She is an independent film director, producer, and screenwriter most known for her films, “Living with Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100,” “Sisters in Cinema,” and “Monique.” #ubuntubiographyproject

Andrew Jolivétte was born on May 23, 1975. He is a community-engaged scholar, author, teacher, social/cultural critic, and international lecturer on topics ranging from critical mixed race studies, HIV/AIDS disparities, Creole studies, and research justice #ubuntubiographyproject

Reggie Shuford @reggieshuford was born on May 23, 1966. He is an attorney, a respected civil rights and human rights activist, an advocate, and executive director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. #ubuntubiographyproject

Paul Winfield was born on May 22, 1939 (to March 7, 2004). He was a beloved television, film, and stage actor best known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper in the landmark film “Sounder,” which earned him an Academy Award nomination. #ubuntubiographyproject

Peter John Gomes was born on May 22, 1942 (to February 28, 2011). He was a respected Harvard chaplain, theologian, professor, and a leading voice against religious intolerance. #ubuntubiographyproject

Anondra “Kat” Williams was born on May 20, 1972. She is a writer, blogger, activist, radio host, and community builder. #ubuntubiographyproject

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930 (to January 12, 1965). She was a playwright and writer whose best known work, “A Raisin in the Sun,” made her the first Black female author to have a play performed on Broadway. #ubuntubiographyproject