How have members of the LGBTQIA+ Community Impacted Society? Flashcards
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Name 4 members of the LGBTQIA+ community that have impacted society?
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- Catherine Duleep SIngh
- Gail Lewis
- Ivor Cummings
- Jan Morris
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Who was Catherine Duleep Singh?
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- second daughter of the Maharaja Duleep Singh - last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire
- educated in England
- Born: 27th October 1871
- Died: 8th November 1942
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What did Catherine Duleep Singh do?
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- Catherine and her partner Lina aided Jewish families escape from Germany during WW2
- she was active suffrahist
- had a female partner called Lina
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How did Catherine Duleep Singh impact society?
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- helped women get the vote - was a suffragist
- saved Jewish lives
- helped normalise same sex relationships
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Who is Gail Lewis?
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- Age: 70
- Born: 19th July 1951
- sociologist who specialises in physiological studies on race and gender
- she was recognised as one of the feminists who were at the forefront of the woman’s liberation movement
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What did Gail Lewis do?
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- she was involved in the Black Liberation Front Organisation
- she was worried people were going to be homophobic at the Black Woman’s Group
- however she decided that the aims of the Brixton Black Women’s Group were important enough for her to give it a try
- she left the group a while before she came out to the group, and at first she was the only openly lesbian woman
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What did Gail Lewis do?
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- she was involved in the Black Liberation Front Organisation
- she was worried people were going to be homophobic at the Black Woman’s Group
- however she decided that the aims of the Brixton Black Women’s Group were important enough for her to give it a try
- she left the group a while before she came out to the group, and at first she was the only openly lesbian woman
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How has Gail Lewis impacted society?
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- helped in normalising same sex relationships
- helped/helps in giving women of colour a voice when it comes to feminism as feminism mainly focuses on the white female perspective with many feminist groups failing to acknowledge the experiences of women of colour
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Who was Ivor Cummings?
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- Ivor Gustavus Cummings was aBritish civil servant of Sierra Leonean ancestry, in 1941 he became the first black official in the British Colonial Office. He has been dubbed the ‘gay father of the Windrush generation’.
- Born:10 December 1913, West Hartlepool
- Died: 17 October 1992
- Professions:Public servant
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What did Ivor Cummings do?
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Ivor Gustavus Cummings was aBritish civil servant of Sierra Leonean ancestry, in 1941 he became the first black official in the British Colonial Office. He has been dubbed the ‘gay father of the Windrush generation’.
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How did Ivor Cummings impact society?
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- helped in normalising homosexuality in non - white communities
- took a step forward in racial equality as he became the first black official in the British Colonial Office
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Who was Jan Morris?
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- Jan Morris,the acclaimed British journalist, travel writer and historianwho wrote about history’s sweep and the details of place with equal eloquence and chronicled her life as a transgender woman, died on Friday in Wales.
- She was 94. She died in a hospital near the village of Llanystumdwy, where she lived.
- Born:October 2nd, 1926, Clevedon
- Died: 20th November 2020, she died in a hospital near the village of Llanystumdwy
- Professions:author, journalist, writers
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Who was Jan Morris?
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- Jan Morris,the acclaimed British journalist, travel writer and historianwho wrote about history’s sweep and the details of place with equal eloquence and chronicled her life as a transgender woman, died on Friday in Wales.
- She was 94. She died in a hospital near the village of Llanystumdwy, where she lived.
- Born:October 2nd, 1926, Clevedon
- Died: 20th November 2020, she died in a hospital near the village of Llanystumdwy
- Professions:author, journalist, writers
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What did Jan Morris do?
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- Morris produced the first “irrefutable proof” of collusion between France and Israel in the invasion of Egyptian territory interviewing French Air Force pilots who confirmed that they had been in action in support of Israeli forces
- She published under her birth name, James, until 1972, when she hadgender reassignment surgery after transitioning from male to female. As James Morris, she was a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, which made the first ascent of the mountain.
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How did Jan Morris impact society?
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- she spoke on the change from man to woman and subsequentlybecame an inspiration to the transgender and wider queer communities
- provided lots of proof for historical events, helping to confirm them
