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'''Pat Norman''' (born in 1939 in [[Brooklyn]]) is an activist.<ref name="encyclopedia1939">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/norman-pat-1939 |title=Norman, Pat 1939— - Dictionary definition of Norman, Pat 1939— | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Laird |first=Cynthia |url=http://ebar.com/pride/article.php?sec=pride&article=49 |title=The Bay Area Reporter Online | Grand marshals: A lifetime of fighting for justice |publisher=Ebar.com |date=2007-06-21 |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref> She was the first openly gay employee of the [[San Francisco Health Department]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/when-we-rise-hammers-home-the-we-of-the-lgbtq-community |title='When We Rise' Hammers Home the 'We' of the LGBTQ Community |publisher=VICE |date= |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref>
She founded the Lesbian Mothers Union in 1971; it was concerned with custody problems for lesbians.<ref
In the 1980s she co-chaired civil rights marches and worked against [[apartheid]].<ref
In 1990 she co-chaired the United States’ [[Nelson Mandela]] Reception committee, and in 1991 she was elected to the California State Democratic Party Central Committee.<ref
She was chosen as the lifetime achievement grand marshal for the 2007 San Francisco [[Pride Parade]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.is/W4l6P |title=SF Pride | Parade | Grand Marshals |publisher=Archive.is |date= |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref
[[Whoopi Goldberg]] plays Norman in the 2017 miniseries about LGBT rights called ''[[When We Rise]]''.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=ABC's Gay Rights Mini Enlists Michael K. Williams, Sets All-Star Guest Cast|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abcs-gay-rights-mini-enlists-887779|last=Goldberg|first=Leslie|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|location=United States|date=April 26, 2016|accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref>
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