Born: 26 September 1937, Germany
Died: 27 June 2023
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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1937, Sept. 26 Born, Hamburg, Germany
1949 Immigrated to the United States with her mother and sister
1959 B.A., Douglass College, New Brunswick, N.J.
1960 M.A. in English, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1962-1963 Private, medical corpsman, Womens Army Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Received a general discharge under honorable conditions because of her homosexuality
1963 Joined Mattachine Society of Washington
1965 Participated in homophile pickets at the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and U.S. Civil Service Commission
1966-1967 Editor, The Homosexual Citizen for the Mattachine Society of Washington
1968 Filmed, edited, and produced The Second Largest Minority, a short documentary film about the “Reminder Day Picket” at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
1969-1971 Wrote biweekly column for Gay magazine
1970 Produced Gay and Proud, a short documentary film of the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in New York, N.Y.
1971-1977 Hosted Gay Women’s Open House in her home, Arlington, Va.
1971 Helped launch Frank Kameny’s campaign for nonvoting delegate from the District of Columbia to the U.S. Congress
1976 M.A. in psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
1976-2009 Psychotherapist in private practice, Arlington, Va.
1985-1988 Founder and leader with Nancy Ruth Davis, Empowerment Group for People Living with AIDS, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, D.C.
1986 Married Nancy Ruth Davis, Key West, Fla.
1990 Ph.D. in human development, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
1992-2004 Founder and director with Nancy Ruth Davis, Program for Creative Self-Development, later called Community for Creative Self-Development
2023, June 27 Died, Oakton, Va.