Carole S. LaFavor (1942–2011) was an Ojibwe novelist, Native American rights activist and nurse.
Known for her HIV/AIDS activism, she was featured in Mona Smith's 1988 film Her Giveway about her experiences living with the disease.
Her two novels, Along the Journey River and Evil Dead Center were both published by Firebrand Books and her essay "Walking the Red Road" appears in the anthology Positive Women: Voices of Women Living with AIDS edited by Andrea Rudd and Darien Taylor.
LaFavor was born in Minnesota on February 12, 1942[1] and identified as two-spirit and lesbian.
[2][3][4] In 1983, laFavor spoke of her rape by two white men during the proceedings of the Minneapolis Antipornography Civil Rights Ordinance.