Adrienne J. Smith

Adrienne J. Smith (1934–1992) was an American psychologist. She came out as a lesbian in 1973 and became one of the first openly out lesbian psychologists in the American Psychological Association (APA). She worked for reforms in the APA and spoke on LGBT rights across the country.

Smith was born in 1934 and grew up in Chicago. Her family was Jewish, but not very religious. She attended the University of Illinois and later earned her doctorate at the University of Chicago. She was one of the first psychologists in the American Psychological Association (APA) to live as an out lesbian. She was an advocate for LGBTQ issues and rights in Chicago and across the country.

Smith was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1991. She died on August 10, 1992, at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center.