After Stonewall Cast & Brief Biographies


Dorothy Allison (author of Bastard Out of Carolina)

Susan Anderson (executive director, Equality Colorado)

Hope Artichoker (Native American youth activist at District 202 in
Minneapolis, MN)

Elizabeth Birch (former head of litigation at Apple Computer, present
director of HRC)

Michael Bronski (popular culture critic and author of Culture Clash)

Rita Mae Brown (founding member of Radicalesbians, author of Ruby Fruit
Jungle)

Craig Carnahan (choral director of the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus)

Mike Carney (officer in Massachussetts)

Mandy Carter (founder of the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership
Forum)

Charles Ching (Empress Coco LaChine of NYC, vice president of StrubCo.)

Judy Dlugacz (president of Olivia Records & Tours)

Leslie Durgin (former mayor of Boulder, CO)

Richard Elovich (former ACTUP member, present director of HIV prevention at
GMHC)

Melvin Flythe (member of Empire City Motorcycle Club in New Jersey)

Chuck Forester (executive director of San Francisco Library Foundation)

Jimmy Fouratt (founding member of GLF and ACTUP)

Barney Frank (U.S. Congressman, (D) Mass.)

Gil Gerald (founder of the National Coalition of Black Gays)

Barbara Gittings (member of Daughters of Bilitis, first American lesbian
organization)

Jewelle Gomez (poet, founding member of GLAAD, author of The Gilda Stories)

Harry Hay (founder of the Mattachine Society, the first American gay
organization)

Mark Herman-May (nurse and drag performer in Brattleboro, VT.)

Dr. Marjorie Hill (NYC liaison to gay community under Mayor David Dinkins)

Amy Hoffman (editor of Gay Community News in the 70's and author of Hospital
Time)

Lorri Jean (former executive director of the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Community
Center)

Wayne Jakino (founder of the International Gay Rodeo Association)

Karla Jay (historian, editor of first gay and lesbian anthologies and
professor at Pace University)

Frank Kameny (founder of the Washington DC Mattachine Society, and former US
government employee)

Arnie Kantrowitz (founding member of GAA and author of Over the Rainbow)

Phil Johnson (founder of Circle of Friends in Dallas, TX)

Larry Kramer (playwright, screenwriter, founder of GMHC and ACTUP)

Sheila James-Kuehl (former teen T.V. star, member of the California State
Assembly)

Beverly Little Thunder (assistant director of the American Indian AIDS Task
Force)

Craig Lucas (playwright, screenwriter of Longtime Companion)

Armistead Maupin (author of Tales of the City)

Neil Miller (historian and author of Out in the World)

David Mixner (lobbyist, presidential advisor to Bill Clinton)

Susan Moir (activist with Pride at Work)

Elaine Noble (first openly lesbian elected official in US)

Torie Osborn (lobbyist, former director of NGLTF)

Renae Ogletree (activist with Chicago Black Lesbian & Gays)

Leslea Newman (author of Heather Has Two Mommies)

Troy Perry (founder of Metropolitan Community Church, first US gay ministry)

Phil Reed (New York City Councilman)

Hilary Rosen (president of Recording Industry of America)

Kate Rowe (founding organizer of Mardi Gras in Australia)

Vivian Shapiro (businesswoman and first co-chair of HRCF)

Barbara Smith (historian, author of The Truth that Never Hurts: Writings on
Race, Gender, and Freedom)

Anjana Suvarnananda (activist with Anjaree, an organization in Thailand)

Peter Tatchell (British activist in the GLF and author of AIDS: A Guide To
Survival)

Robin Tyler (comedian, organizer of the 1st National March on Washington in
'79)

Gene Ulrich (mayor of Bunceton, MO, pop. 341)

Paul Wisotzky (board of directors, San Francisco AIDS Foundation)

Maxine Wolfe (former CUNY professor and long time political activist)

Mel White (former speech writer for Jerry Fallwell, current gay Christian
activist)

YoYo (out South African lesbian activist)