Mark Segal
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Mark Allan Segal was a gay activist.[1]
He was the founder of Gay Raiders, a Philadelphia based activism group, and the Philadelphia Gay News.[2] In 1975 he went on a hunger strike in favor of a bill to guarantee equal rights.[3] In 1988 he had a televised debate with a Philadelphia city councilman, Francis Rafferty, about Gay Pride Month.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.philebrity.com/2009/07/20/mark-segal-the-gay-raiders-and-walter-cronkite-thats-the-way-it-was/
- ^ Thom Nickels (2002). "Gay and lesbian Philadelphia". Great Britain: Arcadia Publishing.
- ^ "Gay Activist Goes on Hunger Strike". Daytona Beach Morning Journal, 12/1/1975.
- ^ "ON TV, RAFFERTY AND SEGAL DEBATE GAY PRIDE MONTH". Philadelphia Daily News, 7/7/1988.