Donna Rose Weems is a cultural and political activist and long-time Chicagoan who recently retired to Mexico with her partner Rogeria Westbrooks. The couple had a commitment celebration at Affinity in 2007.

Weems writes: "I have likely been associated/worked with, or witnessed the birth of just about every queer group at one time or another. Literary Exchange: past Board, Officer; Affinity, volunteer; LLENA; supporter; Amigas, supporter; Independent Democratic Organization; Howard Brown volunteer ( when it was in the basement on Broadway ) ; Black Out; Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum; Mountain Moving Coffeehouse: volunteer/supporter; N.A.M.E. Gallery: board member; Randolph Street Gallery: volunteer; Guild Complex volunteer/supporter; Blue Rider Theater volunteer/supporter; LOC ( Lesbians of Color Collective aka Lesbians on the Couch ) ; Gay and Lesbian Police Advisory; co-founder of the International Women's Day Dance; periodic contributor to: Outlines, Blacklines, Lambda Publications; LCCP volunteer; Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays; Zami, Atlanta, volunteer; SalaSoul, New York ... numerous ad hoc committees.