GAY RIGHTS AND JEWS

Stay Out of It
http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/100304/stay-out-of-it

Homosexuality and Judaism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_Judaism

Judaism and Homosexuality
http://judaism.about.com/od/homosexualityandjudaism/a/samesex.htm

Marriage Civil Partnership
http://www.liberaljudaism.org/life-cycle/marriage-civil-partnership.html

Chief Rabbi and Gay Marriage
http://www.thejc.com/blogs/simon-rocker/chief-rabbi-and-gay-marriage

Same-Sex Marriage and Judaism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_and_Judaism

New Hope For Gay Orthodox Jews
http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/new-hope-gay-orthodox-jews

Homosexuality in Jewish Thought
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/life/Sex_and_Sexuality/Homosexuality.shtml

Gays & Lesbians Under the Chupah
http://www.reformjudaismmag.net/rjmag-90s/696bg.html

Reform Judaism backs Gay Marriage
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/07/reform-judaism-backs-gay-marriage/

WRJ and LGBT Rights: A Brief History
http://blogs.rj.org/wrj/2013/11/12/wrj-and-lgbt-rights-a-brief-history/

Orthodox Response to Same-Sex Marriage
http://advocacy.ou.org/2006/orthodox-response-to-same-sex-marriage/

Orthodox Attitudes to Gay People Shift
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/aug/09/gay-orthodox-judaism-rabbis

Orthodox Judaism and the LGBT+ Community
http://thefbomb.org/2012/08/orthodox-judaism-and-the-lgbt-community/

What Does Judaism say about LGBT People?
http://www.advocate.com/politics/religion/2014/12/03/what-does-judaism-say-about-lgbt-people

God vs. Gay? and Through the Door of Life
http://jewishquarterly.org/2012/12/god-vs-gay/

Union for Reform Judaism - LGBT Inclusion
http://urj.org/cong/membership/diversity/glbtq/

More on Conservative Judaism & Gay Marriage
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/more-on-conservative-judaism-gay-marriage/

"Gay Judaism" and the Struggle for Inclusion
http://www.jewishrecon.org/resource/gay-judaism-and-struggle-inclusion

Conservative Rabbis approve Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Conservative-rabbis-approve-same-sex-marriage

Jewish Denominational Perspectives on Marriage
http://ijso.huc.edu/docs/2012/Jewish%20Denominational%20Perspectives%20on%20Marriage%208%2013%2012.pdf

Masorti Judaism says Yes to Same-Sex Ceremonies
http://www.masorti.org.uk/newsblog/newsblog/news-single/article/masorti-judaism-says-yes-to-same-sex-ceremonies.html

Can Conservative Religion Survive Gay Marriage?
http://www.torahmusings.com/2013/08/can-conservative-religion-survive-gay-marriage/

Honor the Holiness of Lesbian and Gay Marriages
http://rjmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=2480

Rabbis Discuss Judaism's Relationship with Gays
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6585638

Conservative Jews approve Gay Wedding Guidelines
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/01/conservative-jews-approve-gay-wedding-guidelines/

Orthodox Judaism and Gay Marriage: Incompatible?
http://www.gatherthejews.com/2011/12/orthodox-judaism-and-gay-marriage-incompatible/

Gay Rabbis, God’s Will, and Conservative Judaism
http://www.jewishjournal.com/jews_and_mormons/item/gay_rabbis_gods_will_and_conservative_judaism_39120513

Civil Marriage for Gay and Lesbian Jewish Couples
http://urj.org//about/union/governance/reso//?syspage=article&item_id=2000

Are LGBT Synagogues the Best of American Judaism?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/10/are-lgbt-synagogues-the-best-of-american-judaism.html

Feminist Sexual Ethics Project - Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.brandeis.edu/projects/fse/judaism/docs/essays/same-sex-marriage.pdf

Text of the Reform Judaism Gay Marriage Resolution
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2000/03/Text-Of-The-Reform-Judaism-Gay-Marriage-Resolution.aspx

Orthodox Judaism Finally begins to face Gay Rights
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2010/01/do_black_hats_come_in_pink.html

For Many Jewish Youth, Gay Marriage is a New Normal
http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2013/07/26/many-jewish-youth-gay-marriage-new-normal

Why the Religious need to Stop Fighting Gay Marriage
http://popchassid.com/religious-gay-marriage/

Reform Judaism Declares Support for Marriage Equality
http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/reform-judaism-declares-support-for-marriage-equality.html

LGBT Community Response to Masorti Same Sex Ceremonies
http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/lgbt-community-welcomes-masorti-sex-ceremonies/

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism - LGBT Rights
http://www.rac.org/advocacy/civil-rights/LGBT

Masorti makes History as Rabbis approve Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/124513/masorti-makes-history-rabbis-approve-same-sex-marriage

What is the Halachic Source for Objection to Gay Marriage?
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/8477/what-is-the-halachic-source-for-objection-to-gay-civil-marriage

Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
http://ijso.huc.edu/inclusion/

Why Orthodox Jews Should Not Oppose Legalizing Same Sex Marriage
http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/why-orthodox-jews-should-not-oppose-legalizing-same-sex-marriage/2013/02/06/

Same-Sex Interfaith Couples Face Roadblock to Marriage in Judaism
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/us/same-sex-interfaith-couples-face-a-roadblock-to-marriage-in-judaism.html

Rituals and Documents of Marriage and Divorce for Same-Sex Couples
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/2011-2020/same-sex-marriage-and-divorce-appendix.pdf

What is Judaism's View on the Current Same-Gender Marriage Debate?
http://www.jewishvaluesonline.org/65

Rabbi’s Coming-Out highlights Dramatic Shift in Conservative Judaism
http://www.jewishjournal.com/religion/article/rabbis_coming_out_highlights_dramatic_shift_in_conservative_judaism

Steve Greenberg: How Orthodox Jews Changed Their Minds On Gay Rights
http://www.momentmag.com/steve-greenberg-orthodox-jews-gay-rights/

Resolution in Support of Equal Rights and Inclusion for GLBT Persons
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/resolution-support-equal-rights-and-inclusion-gay-lesbian-bisexual-and-transgender-glbt-person?tp=212

OU Disappointed by President Obama’s Endorsement of Same Sex Marriage
https://www.ou.org/news/ou_disapointed_by_president_obamas_endorsement_of_same_sex_marriage/

5 Reasons being an Orthodox Rabbi Compelled me to Support Gay Marriage
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-shmuly-yanklowitz/orthodox-rabbi-gay-marriage_b_4452154.html

True ‘Religious Liberty’ requires Orthodox Jews to support Gay Marriage
http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=12277

Reconstructionist Movement Endorses Civil Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
http://www.rrc.edu/news-media/news/reconstructionist-movement-endorses-civil-marriage-same-sex-couples

The Chuppah Awaits: Liberal Jews drive the U.K.’s Equal Marriage Campaign
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.533328

Changing the Discussion about Gay Rights in the Orthodox Jewish Community
http://popchassid.com/changing-discussion-gays-orthodox-jewish-community/

The Yellow Star and the Pink Triangle: Judaism and Gay Rights in the 1970s
http://notchesblog.com/2014/08/19/the-yellow-star-and-the-pink-triangle-judaism-and-gay-rights-in-the-1970s/

Conservative Rabbinic Group issues Guidelines for Same-Sex Wedding Rituals
http://www.jta.org/2012/06/04/life-religion/conservative-rabbinic-group-issues-guidelines-for-same-sex-wedding-rituals

Union for Reform Judaism - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Inclusion
http://urj.org/cong/membership/diversity/glbtq/

Balancing Tradition and Modernity, UK Masorti Judaism Allows Same-Sex Ceremonies
http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/balancing-tradition-and-modernity-uk-masorti-judaism-allows-same-sex-ceremonies/

Reform Jewish Movement Applauds Rabbinical Assembly’s Same-Sex Marriage Guidelines
http://blogs.rj.org/rac/2012/06/05/reform-jewish-movement-applauds-rabbinical-assemblys-same-sex-marriage-guidelines/

What Does Judaism have to say about Homosexuality, Jewish Same Sex-Marriages and Ordination?
http://reclaimingjudaism.org/teachings/what-does-judaism-have-say-about-homosexuality-jewish-same-sex-marriages-and-ordination

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Jews and Gays
http://www.jta.org/2013/06/27/news-opinion/the-telegraph/jewish-and-gays

Gays are the New Jews
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/gays-are-the-new-jews-9554

Gay Rights: Where do we Stand?
https://www.thejewishnews.com/2011/02/03/gay-rights-where-do-we-stand/

Standing up for LGBT Human Rights
http://www.liberaljudaism.org/news/343-standing-up-for-lgbt-human-rights.html

Is Being Gay Easier if you’re Jewish?
http://www.newschoolfreepress.com/2014/10/16/is-being-gay-easier-if-youre-jewish/

My Jewish Perspective on Homosexuality
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704361504575552203494330686

Gay and Lesbian Rights: How Jews See It
http://www.jewsonfirst.org/howjewsseegr.html

Jews and the Gay Liberation March, 1993
http://jewishcurrents.org/april-25-lgb-liberation-march-16612

Put Gay Rights on the Global Jewish Agenda
http://njjewishnews.com/article/23769/put-gay-rights-on-the-global-jewish-agenda

Two Voices: Have Gay Rights gone Backwards?
http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/gay-rights-gone-backwards/

Do Homosexuals Fit into the Jewish Community?
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/663504/jewish/Do-Homosexuals-Fit-into-the-Jewish-Community.htm

No Holds Barred: The Jewish View of Homosexuality
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/No-Holds-Barred-The-Jewish-view-of-homosexuality

Jewish Community leads the Way in Gay Rights, says Rabbi
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/115547/community-leads-way-gay-rights-says-rabbi

Religious Freedom vs. Gay Rights: The Picture-Book Edition
http://www.jta.org/2014/03/06/news-opinion/the-telegraph/religious-freedom-versus-gay-rights-the-picture-book-edition

New Study shows American Jews Overwhelmingly Support LGBT Rights
http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118055/

Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Rights
http://ajws.org/who_we_are/news/archives/features/supporting_lgbti_rights_in_the_developing_world.html

Jewish Groups give Mixed Response to ADL Call for Gay Rights Pressure on Russia
http://forward.com/articles/182714/jewish-groups-give-mixed-response-to-adl-call-for/?p=all

Anti-Defamation League Compares Russia's Abuse of Gays to Soviet Treatment of Jews
http://forward.com/articles/182477/anti-defamation-league-compares-russias-abuse-of-g/?

How Jews Brought America to the Tipping Point on Marriage Equality: Lessons for the Next Social Justice Issues
http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/how-jews-brought-america-to-the-tipping-point-on-marriage-equality-lessons-for-the-next-social-justice-issues

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Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/life/Life_Events/Weddings/Contemporary_Issues/Same-Sex_Marriage.shtml

Same-Sex Civil Marriage
http://www.clal.org/coc38.html

Jews for Marriage Equality
http://www.jewsformarriageequality.org/index.html

Israelis support Gay Marriage
http://hiddush.org/article-2107-0-_Israelis_support_gay_marriage.aspx

Same-Sex Marriage and the Jews
http://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2014/02/same-sex-marriage-and-the-jews/

State Laws on Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.jewsonfirst.org/marriage_states.php

Jews should support Gay Marriage
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/Jews-should-support-gay-marriage

A Sunday call on Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.jewishjournal.com/gina_nahai/article/a_sunday_call_on_same_sex_marriage

Poll: 81% of Jews Back Gay Marriage
http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/154171/poll--of-jews-back-gay-marriage/

New York, Jews, and Same Sex Marriage
http://www.kveller.com/new-york-jews-and-same-sex-marriage/

GOP Jews Back Same-Sex Marriage Efforts
http://tabletmag.com/scroll/125900/gop-jews-back-same-sex-marriage-efforts

Same-Sex Ceremonies See the Light of Day
http://www.cjvoices.org/article/same-sex-ceremonies-see-the-light-of-day/

A Jewish Perspective on Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/a-jewish-perspective-on-samesex-marriage-8203886.html

Why do so Many Jews Support Gay Marriage?
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/03/11/why-do-so-many-jews-support-gay-marriage/

Jewish Currents Tag Archives: Gay Marriage
http://jewishcurrents.org/tag/gay-marriage

83% of American Jews Support 'Gay Marriage'
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177877

Welcoming Gay Marriage, as Americans and Jews
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.532565

Why 83% of U.S. Jews Support Marriage Equality
http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2014/03/01/why-jews-support-marriage-equality-more-than-any-other-u-s-religious-group/

US Jews among the most Supportive of Gay Marriage
http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jews-among-the-most-supportive-of-gay-marriage/

Jews and the Changing Nature of Same Sex Marriage
http://www.psmag.com/politics/jews-and-the-changing-nature-of-same-sex-marriage-63401

Gay Marriage’s Jewish Pioneer: Faygele ben Miriam
http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/101628/gay-marriages-jewish-pioneer

Are Jews OK with Gay Marriage or do they Condemn It?
http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/are-jews-ok-with-gay-marriage-or-do-they-condemn-it

L.A.'s Persian Jews struggle with the Issue of Gay Marriage
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/16/local/la-me-0817-persian-jews-20130817

Republican Anti-Gay Marriage Stance Alienates Jewish Voters
http://mic.com/articles/8938/republican-anti-gay-marriage-stance-alienates-jewish-voters

Jewish Activist Chronicles the Fight for Gay Marriage Rights
http://www.kcjc.com/index.php/current-news/latest-news/2845-ewish-activist-chronicles-the-fight-for-gay-marriage-rights

Why Intermarriage Poses Threat to Jewish Life — but Gay Marriage Doesn't
http://forward.com/articles/181603/why-intermarriage-poses-threat-to-jewish-life-bu/

A Decade Later, Mass. Jews look back at Legacy of Same-Sex Marriage First
http://www.jta.org/2014/05/30/life-religion/a-decade-later-mass-jews-look-back-at-legacy-of-same-sex-marriage-first

Maine Voices: At Hanukkah, Rejoicing over Peaceful Victory for Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.pressherald.com/2012/12/12/at-hanukkah-rejoicing-over-peaceful-victory-for-same-sex-marriage_2012-12-12/

Examining Jewish Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage Within Massachusetts’ Legal Framework
http://nulj.org/extralegal/fall2014/free-exercise-halacha-goodridge

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Jewish Blessings greet Gay Marriage Ruling
http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/179339/jewish-blessings-greet-gay-marriage-ruling/?

ADL welcomes Supreme Court Decision on DOMA
http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/adl_welcomes_supreme_court_decision_on_doma_looks_forward_to_day_when_same

Jewish Responses to Same-Sex Marriage Decisions
http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/jewish_responses_to_same_sex_marriage_decisions

Liberal Jewish Groups win in Gay Marriage Ruling
http://forward.com/articles/179330/liberal-jewish-groups-win-in-gay-marriage-ruling/?

American Jews delighted by U.S. Gay Marriage Ruling
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.532331

Jewish Groups ride Roller-Coaster Week of Supreme Court Rulings
http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/jewish_groups_ride_roller_coaster_week_of_supreme_court_rulings

Jewish Responses to the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Rulings
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/27/jewish-responses-to-the-supreme-court-s-same-sex-marriage-rulings.html

Orthodox, Reform Groups differ on Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Call
http://www.jta.org/2014/10/08/news-opinion/politics/orthodox-reform-have-opposite-takes-on-supreme-court-gay-marriage-move

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'US VP Biden lauds Jewish Drive for Gay Rights'
http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/US-VP-Biden-lauds-Jewish-drive-for-gay-rights-313965

Joe Biden: Jewish Leaders helped Gay Marriage Succeed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/22/biden-jewish-leaders-helped-gay-marriage-succeed/

Biden Praises Jews, Goes Too Far, Accidentally Thrills Anti-Semites
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/05/biden-praises-jews-goes-too-far.html

Biden says Jewish ‘Influence’ behind American Cultural Politics is ‘Immense…Immense’
http://mondoweiss.net/2013/05/influence-cultural-politics

Vice President Biden Acknowledges 'Immense' Jewish Role in American Mass Media and Cultural Life
http://ihr.org/other/biden_jewish_role

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New York Gay Marriage: Follow The (Jewish) Money
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2011/06/new-york-gay-marriage-follow-the-jewish-money/

Joe Lieberman’s Jewish Reasons for Opposing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2010/12/joe-liebermans-jewish-reasons-for-opposing-dont-ask-dont-tell/

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LGBT Jews
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT_Jews

List of LGBT Jews
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT_Jews

Jewish LGBT Organizations
http://jqinternational.org/resources/jewish-lgbt-organizations/

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Jewish Gay Rights Leaders and Activists

Larry Kramer -- co-founder of "Act Up," a homosexual/AIDS activist organization; co-founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis
Alan Klein -- co-founder of group ACT UP, co-founder of group Queer Nation, National Communications Director and chief spokesperson for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [GLAAD]. Klein also co-founded the successful multimedia campaign STOPDRLAURA.COM
Arnie Kantrowitz -- co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [GLAAD].
Jonathan D. Katz -- founded and chairs the Harvey Milk Institute, the largest queer studies institute in the world. A long time queer political activist, was a co-founder of Queer Nation, [the key San Francisco branch].
Harvey Fierstein -- film actor [Mrs. Doubtfire]; well-known gay activist.
Moisés Kaufman -- playwright and film director [The Laramie Project].
Israel Fishman -- founder of the Gay Liberation Caucus in 1970 [now known as the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table of the American Library Association], the world's first gay professional organization.
Bella Abzug and Edward Koch -- both Jewish -- the first members of the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce legislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation [1974].
Winnie Stachelberg -- political director, Human Rights Campaign [HRC]
Michael S. Aronowitz, The New York Log Cabin Republicans.
Tony Kushner -- gay activist; Tony and 1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright [for Angels in America, 1992].
Len Hirsch -- president of the GLBT federal government employees group, GLOBE.
Meg Moritz, Ph.D. -- a Director and member of the Executive Committee of GLAAD.
Barbara Raab -- an NBC-TV producer; a "Jewish lesbian feminist journalist, writer."
Charles Kaiser [?] -- author & founding member of National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association [NLGJA].
David Goodstein -- owner/publisher of the gay magazine The Advocate [1975-1985]; co-founder of the National Gay Rights Lobby.
Judy Wieder -- Editor-in-chief, The Advocate gay magazine.
Alison Bechdel [?] -- cartoonist creator and author of the bi-weekly comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For."
Kevin Koffler -- Editor-in-chief, Genre gay magazine.
Garrett Glaser -- National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association [NLGJA] national board member.
Ronald Gold -- reporter for Variety; a leader in the fight to overturn the American Psychiatric Association's policy that homosexuality is an illness.
Magnus Hirschfeld -- early gay rights activist in Germany; founded one of the first gay rights organizations, the Scientific Humanitarian Committee; coined the term "transvestism"; fled Nazi Germany.
Fred Hochberg -- deputy administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration; co-chair of the Human Rights Campaign [HRC].
Michael Berman -- member, Human Rights Campaign Board of Directors
Mitchell Gold -- HRC Board
Marty Lieberman -- HRC Board
Andy Linsky -- HRC Board
Dana Perlman -- HRC Board
Abby Rubenfeld -- HRC Board
Andrew Tobias -- HRC Board
Lara Schwartz -- Senior Counsel, HRC
Heather Wellman -- HRC Field Coordinator
Dan Furmansky -- HRC Senior Field Organizer, West
Sally Green -- HRC Associate Field Director
Rick Rosendall -- President, Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC.
Barney Frank -- member of U.S. Congress; helped create non-discriminatory employment policies in all U.S. federal agencies
Kerry Lobel -- executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
Robin Margolis -- American coordinator of the Bi Women's Cultural Alliance and author [Bisexuality: A Practical Guide].
Evan Wolfson -- Senior Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund -- and -- the executive director of Freedom to Marry.
Jennifer Einhorn -- Communications Director, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [GLAAD]
Nancy Alpert -- Treasurer, GLAAD
Judy Gluckstern -- Board of Directors, GLAAD
Stephen M. Jacoby -- Board of Directors, GLAAD
Matt Riklin -- Board of Directors, GLAAD
Carol Rosenfeld -- Board of Directors, GLAAD
William Weinberger -- Board of Directors, GLAAD
Tanya Wexler -- Board of Directors, GLAAD
David Huebner -- General Counsel, GLAAD
Richard Goldstein -- Village Voice writer on gay culture and politics
Ron Schlittler -- Director of Field & Policy, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays [PFLAG].
Craig Ziskin -- Deputy Director of Development, PFLAG.
Debra Weill -- Senior Field & Policy Coordinator, PFLAG.
Dody Goldstein -- Board of Directors, PFLAG.
David Horowitz -- Board of Directors, PFLAG.
Shawn Frank -- Board of Directors, PFLAG.
Leon Weinstein -- Chair, Nominating Committee, PFLAG.
Kate Kendell [?] -- National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Gayle Rubin -- lesbian author/activist.
Hilary Rosen -- a founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund; former board co-chair of the Human Rights Campaign.
Roz Richter -- American attorney and activist.
Bob Kunst -- long-time activist in gay and Jewish causes.
Marty Seldman -- president and board co-chair, "National Gay & Lesbian Task Force" [NGLTF].
"National Gay & Lesbian Task Force" [NGLTF]. Board co-chairs: Rachel Rosen
Dave Fleischer -- Director of Training [political training], NGLTF.
Craig Hoffman -- Board of Directors, NGLTF.
Beth Zemsky -- Board, NGLTF.
Marsha C. Botzer -- Treasurer, NGLTF.
Jeff Levi -- first, Levi was NGTF's lobbyist, early 1980s [NGTF became NGLTF in 1985]. Later, he was NGLTF executive director.
Bill Rubenstein -- developed the ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project
Martin Duberman -- author/historian; founded the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York.
Ben Schatz -- Executive Director, Gay and Lesbian Medical Foundation.
Kevin Schaub -- Executive Director and Dean of the Harvey Milk Institute in San Francisco, the world's largest center for queer studies.
Sarah Schulman -- American playwright, novelist, and activist [one of the founders of the Lesbian Avengers, a direct-action lesbian rights organization].
Susan Spielman -- principal/head of Common Ground, an education/consulting firm specializing in workplace sexual orientation education; her company has worked with hundreds of U.S. organizations, helping them to implement domestic partner benefits plans; co-author of the book Straight Talk About Gays in the Workplace.
Gertrude Stein -- wrote the first openly lesbian novel, "Q.E.D.," in 1903, but it was only published posthumously in 1950.
Rikki Streicher -- American activist and businesswoman.
Michael Goff -- founded Out magazine in 1992.
Paulette Goodman -- founder of local chapter [Washington D.C.] of PFLAG and served as President of the National PFLAG organization from 1988-1992.
Jeffrey Newman -- president and COO of the Gay Financial Network; president and CEO of out.com.
Jim Levin -- New York gay historian.
Barrett Brick -- Treasurer, GLAA [Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance]
Robin Tyler -- American comedian [born Arlene Chernick] who was the first openly gay comic in North America; Tyler is also an activist who was the stage producer for the first three gay marches on Washington and the national protest coordinator for the "Stop Dr. Laura" campaign; she produces women's comedy and music festivals, and operates a lesbian travel-tour company.
Dr. Bruce Voeller -- American gay rights activist, molecular biologist, physiologist, and AIDS researcher (pioneer in the use of nonoxynol-9 as a spermicide); cofounder and first executive director of the National Gay Task Force; creator of the Mariposa Foundation [an AIDS prevention research organization].
Mark Elderkin [?] -- co-founded Gay.com.
Leroy Aarons -- American professor, journalist, and founder of the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association (1990).
Dr. Donald I. Abrams -- American physician, HIV expert, medical marijuana researcher, and past president of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.
Johnny Abush -- Canadian archivist of the International Jewish GBLT Archives.
Roberta Achtenberg -- civil rights lawyer and federal official; appointed as Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
Miriam Ben-Shalom -- American Army Reserves drill sergeant and gay activist; in 1986 she won a ten-year legal battle with the Reserves when a court ordered her reinstatement; founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans Association [GLBVA] in 1990, serving as its first president.
Larry Brinkin -- American gay activist who brought the first domestic partnership lawsuit [against Southern Pacific Railroad, 1982].
Rob Eichberg -- American psychologist, co-creator of National Coming Out Day [October 11th].
Scott Evertz -- in April 2001, President Bush appointed him to serve as the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy [ONAP].
Gene Falk -- American business executive; Senior Vice President of the Showtime Digital Media Group; part of the team that launched and marketed the U.S. TV series Queer as Folk; Chair of the Board of Directors of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [GLAAD].
Surina Kahn -- American lesbian activist.
Larry Kessler -- founding director in 1983 of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, the largest AIDS support organization in New England.
Kathy Levinson -- American investor and philanthropist; serves on the board of PlanetOut; also on NGLTF Board of Directors.
Judith Light -- actress, activist for gay causes.
David Mixner -- gay activist, political consultant; co-founder of the Municipal Elections Committee of Los Angeles [MECLA], a group of wealthy gays and lesbians who became influential in local politics; president Bill Clinton's Special Liaison to the Gay-Lesbian Community.
Dan Savage -- American author of gay-themed books [The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant; Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America] and gay-themed- sex-advice columnist [Savage Love].
Susan Schuman -- American executive vice-president and general manager of the Planet Out gay and lesbian online service.
Scott Seomin -- American entertainment media coordinator for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [GLAAD].
Jason Serinus [Jay Guy Nassberg] -- founder and coordinator of the Lavender Healing Network; a former gay activist with the New York chapter of the Gay Liberation Front.
David Sine [?] -- American CEO of C1TV, the first U.S. gay and lesbian cable TV network.
Rex Wockner -- longtime gay, American journalist who has reported news for the gay press since 1985.
Jack Fritscher -- became Editor in Chief of Drummer gay magazine [1977].
Leslie Feinberg -- American trade unionist, transgender activist and author [Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul].
Allan Ginsberg - late Jewish poet and leading member of North American Man Boy Love Association