She also felt burdened and frustrated by the demands of gay men and lesbians who seemed to expect that she speak for all of them.

"[2] Noble was an early critic of Father Paul Shanley, a Catholic priest who was ultimately convicted of sex crimes in 2005.

[6] In March 1977, Noble was part of the first delegation of gay men and lesbians invited to the White House under President Jimmy Carter to discuss issues important to the LGBT community.

Noble was required to testify in front of a grand jury for nineteen hours in connection with an FBI investigation into bribery in the mayor's office.

In 1986, Noble and Ellen Ratner formed an LGBT alcohol and drug treatment center in Minneapolis called the Pride Institute.

[1][2] In her 1991 campaign, she expressed support for rent control policies, a domestic partnership ordinance, and direct election of the city's mayor.

[15] Despite some policy differences, including on abortion, Noble endorsed Francis X. Bellotti as Democratic candidate in the 1990 Massachusetts gubernatorial race.

[16] In 1994, Noble took work as head administrator at Middlesex County Hospital but resigned after six months.

[2] In 2009, she made a rare fundraising appearance at a Stonewall gala benefiting Compass Community Center in Lake Worth, Florida.

[citation needed] Noble had a relationship with writer Rita Mae Brown in the 1970s and has since retained privacy regarding her personal life.