Jorjet Harper

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Jorjet Harper
Occupation(s)Writer, editor, musician

Jorjet Harper, since the 1970s, has been a writer, editor, and musician in the lesbian community. [1]

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Career

Harper has served as entertainment editor for Outlines newspaper and writes for Chicago's gay and lesbian newspaper, the Windy City Times [2] for ten years, she was a staff writer for HOT WIRE: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture. [1]

Lesbomania, her syndicated column, was published in a book, as well as its sequel Tales From the Dyke Side. [1]

Soon after moving to Chicago from New York City in 1979, she began writing for Blazing Star, Chicago's lesbian-feminist newsletter. [3]

Biography

Her grandmother, Minnie Buckingham Harper, was the first woman of African descent to serve in a United States Legislative body. [4]

She was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 1998. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jorjet Harper". Chicago Gay History. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. "Jorjet Harper, Author at Windy City Times". Windy City Times. 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  3. 1 2 "Jorjet Harper". Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. "Jorjet Harper". Black Women Rise. Retrieved 1 June 2023.