Commemorating Queer Ancestors is very important to the queer community. It’s vital to know our history and the people who fought for LGBTQ+ rights. Light a candle for these and other queer ancestors. Brenda Howard, a bisexual activist known as the Mother of Pride . Close to my heart because she was bisexual and because Pride is important. Marsha P Johnson, instigator of the Stonewall riot and protector of trans youth Mark Ashton, co-founder of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) . More about Mark Ashton . Barbara May Cameron, Hunkpapa Lakota, LGBT rights activist, founder of Gay American Indians Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson , gay Pagan writer, political scientist, and philosopher, had the idea for the League of Nations which ultimately became the United Nations 🇺🇳 Sylvia Rivera , American LGBT rights activist (1951–2002) Which queer ancestors will you honour during Hallowstide?