Sheela Lambert
American bisexual activist and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sheela Lambert (1956-2024), a native and lifelong resident of New York City, was an American bisexual activist[1] and writer.
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Sheela Lambert | |
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Born | 1956 (age 67ā68) New York City |
Died | January, 2024 New York City |
Occupation | Director, Bisexual Book Awards. Founder, Bi Writers Assoc. Writer, editor, bisexual rights activist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1990s-2023 |
Genre | entertainment journalism, essays, media advocacy |
Subject | bisexuality, media, popular culture, LGBT |
Website | |
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She was the Founder/Director of the Bisexual Book Awards, founder of the Bi Writers Association, was co-founder of Bi Women of All Colors and has been active in a number of bisexual rights groups including BiNet USA. She was openly bisexual and wrote about bisexuality and LGBT popular culture/entertainment issues in her national bisexual column for Examiner.com for seven years (2009-2016) as well as articles for The Huffington Post, The Advocate, AfterEllen and AfterElton, Bi Magazine, Lambda Literary Foundation and the America Today LGBTQ Encyclopedia and editing for efforts including Biwriters.org.[2][3] She presented information on bisexuality issues at universities, conferences, high schools and in-service trainings.[4]