In honor of Pride Month, Google celebrates the life and career of an unattainable activist for the lesbian community. This is Jeanne Córdova.
Google, the world’s main search engine also occasionally becomes an opportunity to discover extraordinary ideas and people from our history. This is the case today, June 6thwith a doodle that celebrates life and activism of Jeanne Cordovaone of the key figures of the lesbian movement of the 20th century.
His origins
Jeanne was born on July 18, 1948 in Bremerhaven, Germany, of a Mexican father and an Irish-American mother. She lived her childhood in California and as a devout Catholic andHe entered the convent of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. However, in a process of self-discovery and questioning, she withdrew, disillusioned with the Church, and studied at the UCLA.
His career as an activist begins as president of the Los Angeles chapter of Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)the first lesbian women’s civil and political rights organization in the United States.
As a journalist, turned the DOB newsletter into The Lesbian Tidea publication active from 1970 to 1980 that document the achievements of the lesbian feminist movement of the decade. From there he founded various publications such as Community Yellow Pagesthe first and largest business directory LGBT of the country and Square Peg Magazinededicated to queer culture and literature.
This is also where it becomes Event organizer such as the West Coast Conference of Lesbian Women in 1971 or the first National Lesbian Convention in 1973.
Education, one of the causes closest to Jeanne Córdova
In 1978Córdova was media director of the campaign against the Briggs Initiativewhich would have banned homosexual teachers from working in public schools in California.
By 1999 He moved with his partner Lynn Harris Ballen to Todos Santos, Baja California Sur where they co-founded first non-governmental organization in the cityDedicated to education and literacy of the children of the area.
His legacy as an example of queer resistance
In 2008, Córdova donated his manuscripts, letters and publications to the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archive at UCLAthe largest archive of bibliographic material on the LGBT community in the United States.
Google celebrates it today because a June 6, but in 2012 he received the prestigious Lambda Prize for Literature for his book “When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love and Revolution”a chronicle of his life as a young activist during the early struggles to achieve equal rights for the LGBT community in the United States.
Jeanne died on January 10, 2016 in The Angels and left a permanent imprint in the history of the queer community and feminism. Their cause, the freedom and dignity of lesbian women.
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