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[[File:jilljohnston.png|200px|thumb|left|Jill Johnston]]

==Country==

United States

==Birth - Death==

1929 - 2010

==Occupation==

Activist

==Description==

Radical lesbian, contributor as cultural critic to Village Voice, New York Times Book Review, and Art in America.  Writer, notably of the book 'Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution' (1973).  Notable for her early 'radical tactics' in lesbian activism.  Her same-sex kiss in a public debate with Norman Mailer (1971) is considered a seminal event in lesbian history and feminism.  Inducted into the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Hall of Fame (2012). 

==See Also==

* [[Art and Culture Critics Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
* [[Feminist Activists Who Identify as Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.jilljohnston.com/
* http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/arts/21johnston.html?_r=0
* http://nlgjareact.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/nlgja-announces-2012-inductees-to-lgbt-journalists-hall-of-fame/

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