Tania Ruth Naomi Leon
zij/haar1945 – 1996
South African activist and feminist Tania Leon was a instrumental in founding several Dutch organizations dedicated to the equality and emancipation of women in general and Black lesbian women in particular.

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“Three women at the opening of the Women’s information and documentation center for Black and migrant women Flamboyant. On the far right co-founder Tania Leon, José Maas in the middle and Marlene Babel on the right.”
Year: 1989
Collection: IHLIA LGBTI Heritage
Photographer: Marian Bakker
Portret “Tania Leon”
Collectie: Tania Leon Studiefonds
Fotograaf: Onbekend
“Sister Outsider, genoemd naar een essaybundel van Audre Lorde, een zwarte lesbische groep 1984”
Jaartal: 1984
Collectie: Atria
Fotograaf: Robertine Romeny
“Portrait of Tania Leon donning a baret”
Year: 1985
Collection: IHLIA LGBTI Heritage
Photographer: Gon Buurman
South African activist and feminist Tania Leon was a instrumental in founding several Dutch organizations dedicated to the equality and emancipation of women in general and Black lesbian women in particular.