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"Latinos were sticking their heads out the window, screaming 'She did it, she did it!'" Rita Moreno fondly remembers the historic moment she received the Academy Award for Best Actress for "West Side Story."

"I really was very often treated like a sex object." Rita Moreno recalls the sexism and power abuse she suffered at the hands of big Hollywood moguls.

Rita Moreno's first foray into social justice was sitting in on the March on Washington with Martin Luther King, Jr. "I was there when he uttered the 'I Have a Dream' speech," she said. She continued to be a conscious activist throughout her career, fighting ...

Rita Moreno based her portrayal of Lydia on "One Day at a Time" off of her own mother. "She is my mom, that is my mom's accent."

For Rivers, laughter was the best medicine (although she'd surely resent the cliché), and she used it as a means to confront the troubles in her own life, as well as in society. Joan Rivers may be something of a comedic legend — she was ...

Jean Malin was one of the first openly gay performers in the Prohibition era during the "pansy craze" of the early 1930s. Malin stood six feet tall, weighed 200 pounds, and had a wavy crop of blonde hair to die for. Although he was effeminate ...

Revisit the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, used her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities and people living in poverty.

She was an artist, activist, gay mother and mentor to hundreds of queer and gender non-conforming youth over the years and starred in the fabulous 1968 drag documentary "The Queen," about a drag competition that she organized. She was full of life advice for her ...

Daredevil Kitty O’Neil was a professional racecar driver and stuntwoman, who also happened to be deaf. A trailblazer in the entertainment industry, she made history with her death-defying speeds, leaps and courage. In the 1970s, O’Neil was one of the first women accepted into Stunts ...

On her 35th birthday, Joan Jett Blakk, the drag persona of actor Terence Smith, ran for president in lipstick, heels and eyeshadow, continuing a long tradition of drag as political activism. Blakk had also run for mayors of Chicago and San Francisco. During these “campaigns,” ...