Maxine Lemarr has been a professional musician, entertainer, and singer for 50 years. She is now retired and serves as the Music Director for Lesbian Thespians, a performing arts group founded and led by women.

“It’s really nice that a group of women can come together and play music and sing and dance and whatever,” Lemarr said. “We are always looking for people, women, to join our group because it's not all that large.”

Lemarr is from South Africa and has also lived in England.

“I came here to America having been offered a job to sing and perform and been here ever since, that was 40 years ago,” Lemarr said. 

Lemarr shares what Out and Proud means to her. 

“I feel I belong to a group of the LGBTQ community, and I'm very supportive of everyone in all those categories,” Lemarr said. “I support them completely. And I've done that for many years. Even when I first came to this country in 1982, I did a lot of performances for AIDS, AIDS organizations, where we raised money for the AIDS pandemic. And so when it comes to LGBTQ, right there in the middle with them, I feel very proud to be part of it and to be recognized by them as well.”

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