The Stage
1980s: AIDS Crisis Emerges (cont’d)
Politics
At the 1980 Democratic National Convention, National Gay Task Force staff person Mel Boozer addressed the convention as a vice-presidential candidate, nominated by the Gay and Lesbian Caucus. He worked to raise LGBT and racism issues within the Democratic Party, working on Jesse Jackson’s 1984 presidential campaign and helping found the mostly black and LGBT Langston Hughes-Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club in Washington, DC.
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Jeff Sanyour, photographer. Mel Boozer at the 1982 New York City Gay Pride Rally. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Records. [Zoom] |
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Mel Boozer & Franklin Kameny, National Gay Task Force Office. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Records. [Zoom] |