Seminal Glbt Leader Jack Nichols Passes Away; Gay Pioneer Among Founders of Earliest Glbt Organizations
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PHILADELPHIA, May 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- It is with great sadness that Equality Forum recognizes the passing of Gay Pioneer Jack Nichols in Cocoa Beach, Florida on Monday, May 2 at 1:20 a.m. The cause of death was leukemia. He was 67 years old.
"Jack Nichols was a seminal leader of the Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Movement. He helped launch the movement in the mid- 60s, when the federal government would not hire gays and lesbians, the American Psychiatric Association considered gays per se mentally ill and many states had criminal sanctions precluding gays from congregating in bars," said Malcolm Lazin, executive director of Equality Forum. "Jack was among the Gay Pioneers who stepped out of a debilitating closet and helped crack the cocoon of invisibility."See the full content of this document
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Seminal Glbt Leader Jack Nichols Passes Away; Gay Pioneer Among Founders of Earliest Glbt Organizations
Jack Nichols helped plan the first organized and annual gay and lesbian civil rights demonstrations in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C...
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