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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julia Nicol
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Nicol in 1989
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| Born | 1956
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| Died | 3 April 2019(2019-04-03) (aged 62–63) |
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| Nationality | South African |
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| Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
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| Known for | LGBT activism |
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| Notable work | co-founder and leader of the Organisation of Lesbian and Gay Activists |
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Julia Nicol (1956 – 3 April 2019) was a South African activist and librarian. Nicol worked with LGBT groups in South Africa and was a co-founder and leader of the Organisation of Lesbian and Gay Activists (OLGA).
Biography
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Nicol was born in 1956 in Johannesburg.[1] She went to school at the University of Cape Town and worked as a librarian until her retirement in 1997.[1]
Nicol started working as an LGBT activist in the beginning of the 1980s.[2] She started the first organisation for lesbiansinSouth Africa called Lesbians in Love and Compromising Situations (LILACS).[2] As an activist, Nicol was also involved with The Gay Association of South Africa (GASA) and was a founding member of the Lesbians and Gays Against Oppression (LAGO).[3] Later, LAGO became the Organisation of Lesbian and Gay Activists (OLGA) with Nicol and her partner, Sheila Lapinsky, the only lesbian members of the group and served in leadership roles.[2][4] Lapinsky and Nicol were both directly responsible for ensuring that LGBT rights were part of the wider anti-apartheid movement.[5]
Nicol died on 3 April 2019.[5]
References
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^ a b c "The Julia Nicol Photographic Collection" (PDF). GALA. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Remembering and Honouring Julia Nicol" (PDF). GALA. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ Chesnut, Mark (24 September 1989). "Out of South Africa" (PDF). Out Week (14): 35.
^ a b "Julia Nicol". South African History Online. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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