Jim Owles, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), City Hall, New York City, June 25, 1971. Photo by Grey Vill
Jim Owles, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), City Hall, New York City, June 25, 1971. Photo by Grey Villet. During the second annual Christopher Street Liberation Day events, the GAA marched to City Hall to protest the City Council’s reluctance to debate a fair-employment bill; after crossing the police barricades, Owles was arrested. In 1969, Owles co-founded the GAA with, among others, Arthur Bell, Fred Caballero, Tom Doerr, Arthur Evans, Kay Tobin Lahusen, Peter Marleau, Fred Orlansky, and Marty Robinson. After serving as founding President of GAA, Owles ran for City Council in 1973 and, the following year, he founded New York City’s first gay and lesbian Democratic organization. In 1985, Owles helped found the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), an organization that continues to monitor media coverage of the LGBT community. Owles died of AIDS-related toxoplasmosis in 1993; he was forty-six. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #gay #bi #lesbian #trans #poz #pride #gaa #glaad #greyvillet #jimowles (at New York City Hall) -- source link
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