Vito Russo

Vito Russo

male, deceased (1990)
writer, AIDS-related death, LGBT rights activist, gay rights, gay, AIDS activist…Common Threads Stories from the Quilt, TheCelluloidCloset
Vito Russo (1946 New York City - 7 November 1990 Los Angeles) was a gay activist, film historian and author who is best remembered as the author of...
Mart Crowley

Mart Crowley

male, 74 years old
writer, The Boys in the Band, autobiographical, Hart to Hart, from Vicksburg, Mississippi, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle…A Breeze from the Gulf, TheCelluloidCloset, Boys in the Band, The Catholic University of America
Mart Crowley (born August 21 1935) is an American playwright. Crowley was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After graduating from The Catholic...
Barry Sandler

Barry Sandler

male
film producer, LGBT writer, LGBT, from the United States, Documentary film, coming out…TheCelluloidCloset
Barry Sandler is an American screenwriter and film producer. His career has spanned several decades, with the 1980s being his most prolific. The...
Peter Adair

Peter Adair

male, deceased (1996)
The AIDS Show, Mariposa Film Group, Word is Out Stories of Some of Our Lives, San Francisco Public Library, The Times of Harvey Milk, AIDS…TheCelluloidCloset
Peter Adair was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his pioneering documentary, "Word Is Out". He was born in Los Angeles County on 22 November,...

Robert Joel

male
actor, American, TheCelluloidCloset, A Very Natural Thing, Blue Summer
Robert Joel (August 4, 1944-1993) is an American actor. He is sometimes credited with the name Robert McLane. He starred in "Blue Summer" (1973)...

Joseph Edward Mattes

male
TheCelluloidCloset, died from pancreatic cancer, born in Dubuque, Iowa, One on One with Vito Russo
Was a literary agent who nurtured the careers of several well-known gay writers such as Armistead Maupin, Michelangelo Signorile, Urvashi Vaid,...