The Advocate

Saying Goodbye

ACHEBE BETTY POWELL

Achebe Betty Powell, a trailblazing Black queer activist, died in late February at the age of 82.

She was a founding member of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice and remained active in the organization for the last 45 years. She was among the small group of multiracial, multiclass, feminist activists who came together in 1977 to create a new

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