What is Jeanne Cordova?
[[File:Jeanne Cordova Lammy.jpg|right|200px]] '''Jeanne Cordova''' (July 18, 1948 &ndash; January 10, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[LGBT|lesbian and gay]] [[LGBT rights|rights]] activist and writer. She was a founder of the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] LGBTQ movement. She was a columnist for ''[[Lesbian Tide]]'', ''[[Los Angeles Free Press]]'' and ''[[The Advocate]]''. Her [[memoir]], ''When We Were Outlaws: a Memoir of Love and Revolution'', won a [[Lambda Literary Award|Lammy]]. Cordova was born in [[Bremerhaven]], [[Germany]]. She grew up in [[California]]. She was of [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Mexicans|Mexican]] [[ancestry]]. Cordova died from [[brain cancer]] on January 10, 2016 in [[Los Angeles]], aged 67.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontiersmedia.com/frontiers-blog/2016/01/10/lesbian-pioneer-jeanne-cordova-dies-at-67-photos/|title=Lesbian Pioneer Jeanne Cordova Dies at 67 (Photos)|work=Frontiers Media|date=January 10, 2016|access-date=January 11, 2016|archive-date=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204065231/https://www.frontiersmedia.com/frontiers-blog/2016/01/10/lesbian-pioneer-jeanne-cordova-dies-at-67-photos/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cordova, Jeanne}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:American LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:American LGBT writers]] [[Category:Journalists from California]] [[Category:Lesbians]] [[Category:LGBT journalists]] [[Category:LGBT people from Los Angeles]] {{US-bio-stub}}