Audre Lorde
As one of the leading feminist voices, Lorde described herself as “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”. She revealed her sexuality in the 1970s in her second poetry collection. At the time, she had identified as a civil rights activist, author, poet, human rights activist, feminist, a teacher, and a crusader against bigotry. She would later add warrior in her identities after visiting Africa, and survivor after beating breast cancer in 1978.
She was vocal in her fight for the rights of queer people and was soon known as one of the most popular out-of-closet black feminist lesbians.
