Jorjet Harper | |
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| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor, musician |
Jorjet Harper, since the 1970s, has been a writer, editor, and musician in the lesbian community.[1]
Career
Harper has served as entertainment editor for Outlines newspaper and writes for Chicago's gay and lesbian newspaer, the Windy City Times. for ten years, she was a staff writer for HOT WIRE: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture.[1]
Lesbomania, her syndicated column, was published in a book, as well as its sequel Tales From the Dyke Side.[1]
Soon after moving to Chicago from New York City in 1979, she started writing for Blazing Star, Chicago's lesbian-feminist newsletter.[2]
Biography
Her grandmother, Minnie Buckingham Harper, was the first woman of African descent, to serve in a United States Legislative body.[3]
She was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 1998.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Jorjet Harper". Chicago Gay History. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Jorjet Harper". Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Jorjet Harper". Black Women Rise. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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