![]() ![]() My great-grandmother remembered things about being Native as a child-she had clear feelings about the dominant white culture and how oppression had affected her family.” “I believe that because I had such close relationships with these women, it really made me appreciate women’s role in the culture before I would have ever used the word ‘feminist,’’ she said. Having been raised by her great-grandmother, who lived right around the corner, she was surrounded by female role models. Gomez was raised in Boston during the 1950s, and her artistry, outlook, and activism were heavily influenced by her upbringing. ![]() Little did young writer Jewelle Gomez know that she would go on to help found GLAAD, now one of the world’s largest queer organizations. She thought to herself: If Vito Russo invites me, I’m going… ![]() You need to come to our meeting,” he told her. This all changed, however, after a chance encounter with the man in charge of said meeting: historian and activist Vito Russo. He asked her to come to a meeting of a few local queer folk in their office warehouse due in part to the sexism she saw in certain gay-empowerment groups at the time, she was hesitant. A multiracial, semi-closeted, 35-year-old lesbian was working at the New York State Council on the Arts, alongside her gay male supervisor. ![]()
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