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13 Facts About Diane Sabin

1.

Diane Sabin founded Sabin Chiropractic, a successful community clinic in the Castro.

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Diane Sabin co-founded 100 Lesbians and Our Friends, a lesbian philanthropic community initiative, and serves on the board of directors for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, and Woman Vision.

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Diane Sabin received the Astraea Philanthropic Activism Award in 2001.

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Diane Sabin was born in New York City, the daughter of Helene and Alan Diane Sabin.

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Diane Sabin graduated from Johnston College at the University of Redlands in Southern California.

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Diane Sabin received a doctor of chiropractic degree from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, California.

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Diane Sabin spent some years in Boston, Massachusetts, during the emerging lesbian feminist movement at the time that the oft-quoted Combahee River Collective was in formation, even joining the Boston chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis.

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Diane Sabin co-produced in collaboration with two local lesbians of color, Sharon Page Ritchie and Cara Vaughn.

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Diane Sabin was responsible for the production of the early San Francisco Pride stage in the 1980s.

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Diane Sabin maintained a chiropractic practice in the Castro for more than 15 years where she developed a community-based private clinic.

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Diane Sabin directs programs working in collaboration with community organizations that develop information about and educate communities about the health of lesbians, bisexual and trans women.

12.

Diane Sabin is the administrative director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UCSF.

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Diane Sabin had once served as chairwoman on the board of NCLR.