Last Updated: 22 May, 2023 | Views: 947
Age: 47
Profession: Social Worker
Other Profession(s): Writer, Poet, Photographer, Human Rights Activist
Famous For: Co-founded the Gay American Indians (GAI)
Higher Education: Institute of American Indian Arts
About (Profile/Biography):
Barbara May Cameron, a known social worker, was born on May 22, 1954, and died on February 12, 2002. She started her career as an American photographer. Along with this, she was also an accomplished poet and writer. One of the known human rights activists in the country is Barbara May Cameron. Her contribution to women's rights, gay women, and Native American rights is unforgettable.
Barbara May Cameron Education:
• Photography from the Institute of American Indian Arts
• 1973: Attended the San Francisco Art Institute
Barbara May Cameron Career:
• In 1978: Barbara May Cameron contributed a chapter to a book of anthologies called Our Right to love: a lesbian resource book.
• From 1980 to 1985: As a member of the Lesbian Gay Freedom Day Parade, Cameron played an instrumental role.
• In 1983: Cameron contributed to the groundbreaking collection of North American Indian writings and art, “A Gathering of Spirit: A Collection of Writings and Art by North American Indian Women,” which was published.
• In 1986: Cameron went to Nicaragua together with a group of women who called themselves Somos Hermanas (We are sisters) in an effort to study, show solidarity with the women there, as well as help them to improve their living conditions.
• In 1988: During the Democratic National Convention, Barbara May Cameron was elected by Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition as a delegate to his platform.
Barbara May Cameron Legacy:
It is notable that Cameron was an advocate for Native Americans who were gay and lesbian.
Barbara May Cameron Unknown Facts:
The essay "No Apologies: A Lakota Lesbian Perspective", written by Cameron, was published in the New Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book: a collection of essays by lesbians (1996).
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