Jeffrey Montgomery
Jeffrey Montgomery was an American LGBTQ activist and public relations executive. In 1984, his partner, Michael, was shot to death outside a Detroit gay bar, prompting Montgomery to engage in LGBT advocacy. He started work on LGBT anti-violence issues upon learning that the police were not spending many resources on solving the murder, "just another gay killing".
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Detroit
- Educated at
- Michigan State UniversityGrosse Pointe South High School
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Trending topics shown first"Anti-GLBT sentiment is a primary tool for organizing the far-right and it is stronger then ever as a means to split communities and reinforce constituencies."
"As new generations of activists come forward with new ideas and sensibilities; as the political landscape evolves and changes; as new technologies are born and developed; and as the mercurial focus of…"
"What kind of a society is this where a person can’t express attraction without fearing that they’re going to be murdered for it? If the person who came out with the secret was a Jewish woman or a blac…"
"Pat Buchanan is a walking, living, breathing hate crime waiting to happen."
"It's going to be a heartbreaking moment for these couples, to come face to face with this discrimination against them."
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1953
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Birth2016
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