Julia Nicol

Julia Nicol (1956 – April 3, 2019) was a South African activist and librarian. Nicol worked with LGBT groups in South Africa and was a co-founder and leader of the Organisation of Lesbian and Gay Activists (OLGA).

Biography

Nicol was born in 1956 in Johannesburg.[1] She went to school at the University of Cape Town and worked as a librarian until her retirement in 1997.[1]

Nicol started working as an LGBT activist in the beginning of the 1980s.[2] She started the first organisation for lesbians in South Africa, called Lesbians in Love and Compromising Situations (LILACS).[2] As an activist, Nicol was also involved with The Gay Association of South Africa (GASA) and was a founding member of Lesbians and Gays Against Oppression (LAGO).[3] Later, LAGO became the Organisation of Lesbian and Gay Activists (OLGA) with Nicol and her partner, Sheila Lapinsky, the only lesbian members of the group and served in leadership roles.[2][4] Lapinsky and Nicol were both directly responsible for ensuring that LGBT rights were part of the wider anti-apartheid movement.[5]

Nicol died on April 3, 2019.[5]

References
  1. Hoad, Neville Wallace; Martin, Karen; Reid, Graeme (2005). Sex and Politics in South Africa. Cape Town: Juta and Company Ltd. ISBN 978-1-77013-015-9.
  2. "The Julia Nicol Photographic Collection" (PDF). GALA. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. "Remembering and Honouring Julia Nicol" (PDF). GALA. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. Chesnut, Mark (24 September 1989). "Out of South Africa" (PDF). Out Week (14): 35.
  5. "Julia Nicol". South African History Online. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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