Tony Segura, Jr.
Gonzalo "Tony" Segura, Jr. (1919 - 1991) was a gay rights activist. He is best remembered as a co-founder of the Mattachine Society.
Biography
Gonzalo Segura, Jr., commonly known as "Tony," was born in 1919.
Segura attended and graduated from Emory University before going to work on the Manhattan Project.
He co-founded the Mattachine Society in New York City; in 1959, he was member of the year.[1] He founded the Richmond Gay Rights Association.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Mattachine Review". Arno Press. 1959 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Marschak, Beth; Lorch, Alex (2008). "Lesbian and Gay Richmond". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
Further reading
- James Thomas Sears, Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation. Hove, East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press, 2006.
- Whitney Strube, "In Hispanic Heritage Month, Let’s Remember Gay Rights Pioneer Tony Segura," Slate.com, Oct. 10, 2016.
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