Jinx Beers was born in Pasadena, CA in 1933. She joined the Air Force and after receiving an honorable discharge, she remained active in Reserves for another twelve years. She resigned in 1974 due to the United States Military's policies concerning homosexuals. She then went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California Los Angeles in experimental psychology. She worked at the UCLA Institute for Transportation and Traffic Engineering for eighteen years.

In 1973, Beers co-taught the first Lesbian studies class at the Experimental College at the University of California Los Angeles, which served as a connecting point for many Los Angeles activists and yielded a group called Lesbian Activists.

In 1975, Beers founded the LN (The Lesbian News), a publication of Lesbian news that is still active and published monthly. After fourteen years as the editor and owner of The LN, Jinx Beers sold the periodical and begin publishing LSF: Lesbian Short Fiction. She also managed the business of artist and partner, Alicia Austin.

2008 saw the publication of her memoir, Memoirs of an Old Dyke and in 2009, she was honored with a proclamation by the City of West Hollywood as well as with an Etheridge Award for her service to the community.

Jinx passed away in 2018.