ABilly Jones-Hennin, longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, dies at 81

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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