Thinking about pioneering playwright Lorraine Hansberry; she passed away from pancreatic cancer on this day in 1965 at the young age of 34. She was best known for her 1959 hit play A Raisin in the Sun; the iconic Broadway production included Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, and Louis Gossett Jr in the cast.
Hansberry was not out publicly during her lifetime. In 1970, the editors of the lesbian magazine The Ladder revealed that Lorraine had two letters published in the magazine under just her initials in 1957. This link has more information.
(from my little queer ancestors calendar project)
https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/lorraine-hansberry/lesbian-writing
bill (pliny the older)
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