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Joseph Beam
1954–1988
United States
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Biography
Joseph Fairchild Beam (December 30, 1954 – December 27, 1988) was an African-American gay rights activist, writer and poet. He was the editor of In the Life: a Black Gay Anthology, the first compendium of Black gay writing. He was a board member of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays and the founding editor of Black/Out magazine.
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