Jeanne Córdova

Jeanne Córdova
Jeanne Córdova
Born	July 18, 1948; Bremerhaven, Germany
Died	January 10, 2016 (aged 67); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Activist; Publisher; Journalist; Writer;
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Notable works	When We Were Outlaws; The Lesbian Tide; Square Peg Magazine; Community Yellow Pages;
Notable awards	Lammy Award, Lambda Literary Foundation; Goldie Award, Golden Crown Literary Society;
Spouse	Lynn Harris Ballen

Jeanne Córdova (July 18, 1948 – January 10, 2016) was an American trailblazer of the lesbian and gay rights movement, founder of The Lesbian Tide, and a founder of the West Coast LGBT movement. Córdova was a second-wave feminist lesbian activist and proud butch.

She was a prolific writer, journalist, and businesswoman, and a Lambda Literary, Publishing Triangle and Goldie Award winning author for her 2011 memoir When We Were Outlaws: a Memoir of Love and Revolution. In honor of her memory, Lambda Literary Foundation created the "Jeanne Córdova Words Scholarship" in 2016, and the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction in 2017.

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