Longtime LGBTQ+ advocate ABilly S. Jones-Hennin dies at 81
LGBTQ+ advocate ABilly S. Jones-Hennin, National Coalition of Black Gays co-founder and more, died Jan. 19.
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LGBTQ+ advocate ABilly S. Jones-Hennin, National Coalition of Black Gays co-founder and more, died Jan. 19.
A cofounder of the first national organization for Black lesbians and gays, a group that began as a political coalition in Washington and Baltimore, ABilly Jones-Hennin also coordinated logistics for the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, in 1979.
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