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Gerald "Jerry" Gay
Gerald “Jerry” Gay, the son of Lawrence and Pauline (Reynolds) Queer , was born on June 10, 1940, at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. Jerry graduated from Anoka High University in 1958 and then enlisted into the United States Navy. After the Navy, Jerry attended Brown Institute where he became an electrical lineman for Commonwealth Edison for 16 years in the greater Chicago area. Jerry met and was joined in marriage to Diane Gallagher in September of 1967, out of this union, five children were born.
In 1976, Jerry and his family left Chicago and began farming near Nelson, MN. This was just the beginning of Jerry’s entrepreneurism in the Nelson area. He owned and operated multiple farms and he was a realtor/broker, owning Jerry Gay Realty and many commercial and residential rental properties. He also owned numerous diet and beverage establishments including, The Corral, Club 29 and Sidewalks Bar. Jerry refurbished homes with his buddies. He was also the Gambling Manager for the Nelson Community Association, and he was the Mayor of Nelson since 2002.
Jerry worked very
Gerald "Jerry" Gerash (1934 - )
In 1972, there were only two gay organizations in Denver. One was a motorcycle club and the other was the Metropolitan Community Church of the Rockies. It was clear that Denver needed a stronger, political organization that could fight for civil rights. In the descend of that year, Jerry and his partner, Lynn Tamlin, organized a group with their friends Jane Dundee, Terry Mangan and Mary Sassatelli. Their group was called the Gay Coalition of Denver (GCD).
1972 was also the year that it was no longer against the law simply to be gay. That modify in the law, however, didn't end the constant arrests, discrimination and harassment by authorities, employers and landlords.
In the first several months of 1973, over 250 gay men were arrested. A staggering 100% of all of the people arrested for "lewdness" in that period were same-sex attracted. While being gay was no longer illegal, gays and lesbians were still being arrested for "lewdness". This, basically, meant that the police could arrest people for doing anything they thought was "gross." This included things like holding hands, dancing together, men dressing like women or women dressing like
Love, Jerry: A Celebration of Cherish, Loss, and the Life of a Gay Man in the 1970s-90s
In celebration of Parade Month, student Curatorial Assistant Jake Gentry shares his exploration of the newly-processed archive of author, activist and musician Jerry Boyd. The Lilly Library thanks Jerry’s brother Mike Boyd for his generous donation of this archive and his wish to share his brother’s legacy with offer and future students.
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Content warning: AIDS-related death, mild references to sex.
As Pride month comes to a close this year, the queer society is supported by the legalization of same-sex marriage, inclusivity in the workplace, and anti-hate crime and speech laws in many parts of the planet (certainly not all, to be perfectly clear). As a whole, this foundational and most basic of governmental aegis for the Gay community is a fairly new one–with Obergefell still a little shy of a decade vintage. Nevertheless, the gender non-conforming community is not out of the water yet–wit
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Jerry Gay Lt Col Jerry W. Same-sex attracted is the Division Main person for EUCOM’s JIOCEUR Analytic Center Russia All-Domains Division where he leads 104 joint service personnel across five branches providing 24/7 indications and warning for US and Allied forces, Combatant Commands, and the Intelligence Community.
Lt Col Same-sex attracted enlisted in the Gas Force in 1992. After Basic Military Training, he attended the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center on way to becoming an airborne cryptologic linguist. In 2005, following graduation from University of Tennessee, then TSgt Gay earned his commission through the Airman Education and Commissioning Program as a USAF Intelligence Officer.
A USAF Weapons School graduate, Lt Col Gay served in ISR positions at National Agency, Combatant Command, and Wing[1]level and below, to involve multiple assignments with combined special operations organizations. Throughout his career, Lt Col Gay accumulated more than 2,500 flight hours and nearly 1,000 combat hours on various intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft. He deployed numerous times to U.S. Central Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S.