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LGBTQ* People You Should Know (and probably never heard of) Murray Hall  -recognized as a man for over 25 years in public life -voted (as a man, before women had the right to vote) -married twice -became prominent New York Politician in the 1880s-1890s -after developing breast cancer and being near death, he confided in a doctor who neither treated nor kept his secret -died amid a large public scandal/not much published about life on account of scandal 

LGBTQ* People You Should Know

(and probably never heard of)

Murray Hall 

-recognized as a man for over 25 years in public life

-voted (as a man, before women had the right to vote)

-married twice

-became prominent New York Politician in the 1880s-1890s

-after developing breast cancer and being near death, he confided in a doctor who neither treated nor kept his secret

-died amid a large public scandal/not much published about life on account of scandal 

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