Rochelle A. Diamond: A Life in Science and LGBTQ+ Activism
Summary
This article is an oral history/profile of Rochelle Anne "Shelley" Diamond, a prominent figure in the LGBTQ+ community and the sciences. It covers her early life in Phoenix, Arizona, her Jewish family background, her tomboy childhood, coming out experiences, and her involvement with the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Scientists group. The piece is part of The Outwords Archive, which documents LGBTQ+ histories through personal narratives and photographs.
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Shelley 'coming out for the first time' and posing on the stairs at St. Luke's Hospital Debutante Ball in Phoenix, AZ, spring 1967.
Over a dozen members from the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Scientists marching in the West Hollywood Pride Festival and Parade, West Hollywood, CA, June 1992.
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