Roma Guy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Maine, USA |
| Occupation(s) | Activist for LGBT and women's rights |
Roma Guy (born 1942)[1] is an American LGBT- and women's-rights activist.[2][3] She is openly lesbian[3] and married her life partner in 2008.
Born and educated in Maine, she earned a Master's in Social Work at the University of Maine. After graduate school, she worked for several years with the Peace Corps in Africa, and also studied community organizing and urban planning at Wayne State University. She is especially known for her activism and achievements in San Francisco, where she moved in the 1970s.
- ^ "Finding Aid for the Roma Guy papers, circa 1960s-1980". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "The Real-Life Gay Rights Activists of ABC's When We Rise". Biography.com. February 26, 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ a b Mosthof, Mariella (2017-02-21). "Is Roma Guy A Real Person On 'When We Rise'? Mary-Louise Parker's Character Tells An Important Piece Of The Story". Romper. Romper.com. Retrieved 2017-03-02.