We can't let Gay Pride Month close without mentioning two independent characters:
I sure hope this story is from a reliable site:
'Zhenya Gay, born Eleanor Byrnes, was a famous childrens book illustrator and animal lover. She was also the long time companion and lover of Helen Reitman, aka Jan Gay. The couple met in about 1927 and began collaborating on children's books in 1930. Eleanor briefly took Helen's surname of Reitman as her own before the couple changed both of their names to Jan and Zhenya Gay in about 1929. They lived together in New York until at least 1933 and established a nudist colony together in Highlands, New York.'
This is Zhenya Gay:
Our kind of folk.
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