Jack Nichols

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John Richard "Jack" Nichols (born March 16, 1938 in Washington, DC , † May 2, 2005 in Cocoa Beach , Florida) was an American author, journalist and LGBT activist.

Nichols came out to his parents as a teenager . In 1961, Nichols founded the Mattachine Society in Washington with Franklin E. Kameny . Nichols led the March 1965 White House March for Gay Rights. He also participated in the organization Religious Concerns , which held talks with the National Council of Churches . On March 7, 1967, he was a guest on the CBS Special entitled "The Homosexuals," hosted by Mike Wallace . As a result, he lost his job at the hotel the day after it was broadcast.

In 1969, Nichols changed his place of residence and moved to New York City . There he lived with Lige Clarke and together they founded the first weekly newspaper GAY . From February 1997, Nichols was Senior Editor at the online newspaper magazine GayToday . Nichols died on May 2, 2005 at the age of 67 from complications from cancer.

Works

  • Lige Clarke, Jack Nichols: Roommates Can't Always be Lovers: An Intimate Guide to Male-male Relationships . St. Martin's Press, 1974.
  • Men's Liberation: A New Definition of Masculinity . Penguin, 1975, ISBN 0140040366 .
  • The Gay Agenda: Talking Back to the Fundamentalists . Prometheus, 1996, ISBN 1573921033 .
  • The Tomcat Chronicles: Erotic Adventures of a Gay Liberation Pioneer . Haworth Press, 2004, ISBN 1560234881 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Margalit Fox: Jack Nichols, Gay Rights Pioneer, Dies at 67. In: The New York Times. May 4, 2005, accessed September 24, 2007 .
  2. ↑ Jack Nichols (1938-2005). Seminal GLBT Leader Jack Nichols Passes Away. In: Equality Forum. May 2, 2005, accessed September 24, 2007 .
  3. ↑ GayToday
personal data
SURNAME Nichols, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nichols, John Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author, journalist and LGBT activist
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2005
Place of death New York City