Deborah Jane Price (February 27, 1958 – November 20, 2020) was an American journalist, author, and pioneering lesbian columnist.

[2] She won a Lambda Literary Award for her book Courting Justice and was inducted into the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association's Hall of Fame in 2009.

She went on to join The Washington Post in 1984 as an editor with the national desk, where she would meet her future partner Joyce Murdoch.

Through her columns, Price sought to demystify perceptions about gay life, trying to portray same-sex couples in everyday scenarios.

[3] Writing about her contributions, The New York Times said that her efforts were key in reversal of cultural attitudes about gay life and culminated in 2015 with the legalization of same-sex marriage.

[4] The book dealt with the history of the Supreme Court of the United States's handling of gay rights cases over a 50-year period.