9- TONI ARMSTRONG JR. — Executive Director of Bi, Lesbian and Straight Together (BLAST) Women of the Palm Beaches
Toni Armstrong Jr. is a long-time LGBT activist, who arrived in Florida via Chicago. In 2008, she founded BLAST (Bi, Lesbian and Straight Together) Women of the Palm Beaches, an organization that brings together females from all races and sexual orientations for fun events aimed at increasing lesbian visibility and equality. Since its inception, BLAST has attracted more than 1600 members and sponsored well over a thousand events by, for, and about women. She founded and runs Empty Closet Productions. Toni likes a good premium cigar, we’re told, as well as live concerts featuring female performers—Judy Rogers is a favorite. “I started the BLAST so that we could have a large, positive, affordable, and easy-to-access women’s community.” From her home in Riviera Beach, with her spouse Janis Kidder, she continues to encourage all women to achieve their individual greatness. “Together we shall go far.”
