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Lesbian Year in Review 2007 - Top Lesbian/Bisexual Stories of 2007

By Kathy Belge, About.com

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Deaths that Affected the Lesbian Community in 2007

Barbara Gittings

Pioneer Gay rights activist Barbara Gittings at the first homosexual rights demonstration, Philadelphia, July 4, 1965.

© credit Kay Tobin Lahusen/Stonewall Productions
Two famous lesbians and one famous homophobe died in 2007.
  • Barbara Gittings, an early gay rights pioneer died in February of 2007.

  • The famous lesbian writer Jane Rule died in November. She will be remembered for her book which became one the earliest lesbian movies, Desert Hearts.

  • Jerry Falwell who blamed gays for the attacks on American on Sept. 11th, 2001 died in April 2007.

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Index: Lesbian Year in Review 2007 - Top Lesbian/Bisexual Stories of 2007

  1. Lesbians/Bisexuals Who Came out in 2007
  2. Deaths that Affected the Lesbian Community in 2007
  3. Lesbian Births 2007
  4. Political Gains and Losses for Lesbians in 2007
  5. Lesbian Milestones in 2007
  6. Lesbian Rumor Mill and Gossip 2007

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