Dr. Melvin Boozer was born on June 21, 1945 (to March 9, 1987). In the eight years between receiving his PhD in Sociology from Yale in 1979 and his death from AIDS-related complications in 1987, Dr. Melvin Boozer blazed a brilliant trail through local and national gay politics. In his brief but intense career he led the local Gay Activists Alliance, the DC office of the National Gay Task Force, and the Langston Hughes-Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club. The same year […]

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