Published April 27. 2020 12:00AM
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community joins the family and friends of Dixie Dugan White to mourn her passing and to celebrate her activist legacy. White passed away last recently.
White was a pioneering activist for feminist and LGBT causes. She was an activist with LeHiHo in the 1970s and then became the director of the AIDS Services Center of the Lehigh Valley in the early days of the HIV epidemic. She served as president of the Pennsylvania affiliate of the National Organization for Women. She was a leader in Integrity Bethlehem -- the LGBT inclusion organization within the Bethlehem Diocese of the Episcopal Church.
In conversation with White’s family, the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center plans to name an office at Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in her memory. This will include a plaque to permanently honor White’s legacy and her impact on the Lehigh Valley’s LGBT Community. Funds raised through named gifts support the long-term capital needs of the center, this is appropriate given the long-term impact of White’s activism.
The center hopes to raise $10,000. Donations of all sizes are welcome and can be sent to the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, 522 West Maple St. Allentown, PA 18101.
Press photo by dana grubbIn September 2011, Dixie Dugan White received the “Best Overall Backyard Habitat” award from Bethlehem's Environmental Advisory Committee. At the time, White owned a home on the south side of Bethlehem and had created a backyard garden that provided food, a place that attracted wildlife, and quiet space she called her own “peaceful little heaven.”
