Son of civil rights lawyer father and labor organizer mother and grandfather.

Civil Rights activist b4 1963 MOW where conceiver the Gay, Black, Quaker Bayard Rustin was anathema to many leaders.

Feminist b4 birth of NOW where founding mother Friedan was admitted homophobe.

Ret employee of HUD, Treasury & Congress.
Found agency GLBT org b4 FedGLOBE estab.

Only male supporting female volunteers in
successful effort to rename organization
National Gay AND LESBIAN Task Force and change charter for allowing woman to be sole (as opposed to co-) exec director.

Not unlike similar organizations today, at NGLTF rampant were racism, sexism, ablism, ageism, biphobia and transgenderphobia.

I could not agree more with Mr. Mallow about the need for true progressives regardless of identity correctness.