About
Activist famous for co-founding the Mattachine Society, the first sustained gay rights movement in the United States. He also helped found the Radical Faeries, another gay rights affiliated group.
Before Fame
He briefly studied at Stanford University. He worked as an actor in Los Angeles.
Trivia
He has been described as the "father of gay liberation."
Family Life
He was briefly married to a female party member. They divorced after he realized his sexual preference would not change.
Associated With
Like himself, another LGBTQ activist in the United States is Sylvia Rivera.
