Jeanne Córdova: Latina Lesbian Pioneer

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Jeanne Córdova, an activist, author and publisher whose magazine, the Lesbian Tide, chronicled the lesbian feminist movement of the 1970s, has died. She was 67.

Ms. Córdova’s lesbian & feminist activism spanned several decades, and with her bequeathal of $2 million to the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice her work will continue even with her death.

(thanks to Chantal for sending this in!)