Alison Bechdel

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LGBT writer cartoonist comics artist feminist graphic memoirist human memoirist writer

Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist and graphic memoirist best known for her long-running comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For" and her acclaimed graphic memoir "Fun Home."

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instanceOf LGBT writer ⓘ
cartoonist ⓘ
comics artist ⓘ
feminist ⓘ
graphic memoirist ⓘ
human ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Lambda Literary Award ⓘ
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Stonewall Book Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1960-09-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Oberlin College ⓘ
familyName Bechdel ⓘ
fieldOfWork cartooning ⓘ
comics ⓘ
graphic memoir ⓘ
genre LGBT literature ⓘ
graphic novel ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
givenName Alison ⓘ
hasInfluenced LGBT comics ⓘ
feminist comics ⓘ
hasPart Dykes to Watch Out For characters ⓘ
inspiredBy underground comix ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement LGBT rights movement ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
name Alison Bechdel self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableConcept Bechdel ⓘ
surface form: Bechdel test
notableWork Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama ⓘ
Dykes to Watch Out For ⓘ
Fun Home ⓘ
notableWorkAdaptedAs Fun Home ⓘ
surface form: Fun Home (musical)
occupation cartoonist ⓘ
comics writer ⓘ
graphic novelist ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
residence Vermont ⓘ
surface form: Vermont, United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sexualOrientation lesbian ⓘ
spouse Holly Rae Taylor ⓘ
website https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/ ⓘ
workPeriod 1980s–present ⓘ

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