About Roma Guy
Born 1942. Roma Guy is an American lGBTQ rights activist.
Roma Guy (born 1942) is an American LGBT- and women's-rights activist. She is openly lesbian
In 1967-68 she enrolled in the MSW program at Wayne State University, where she studied community organizing and urban planning. She worked on organizing at an elementary school in the Black community in Detroit.
Guy also advocated for women's access to health care in San Francisco, including family planning and abortion services.
From 1994 to 2007 Guy served as a professor in the Department of Health Education at San Francisco State University.
Guy is featured in ABC's miniseries about LGBTQ rights, titled When We Rise (2017). Emily Skeggs plays the young Roma Guy and Mary-Louise Parker plays her in her later years.
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Who is Roma Guy?
American LGBT- and women's-rights activist
When was Roma Guy born?
Roma Guy was born in 1942 in Maine.
What is Roma Guy's occupation?
Roma Guy is a lGBTQ rights activist.
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Roma Guy is American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Roma Guy. https://biography.guide/roma-guy/
MLA: "Roma Guy." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/roma-guy/.
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