![]() ![]() ![]() Gomez was raised in Boston during the 1950s, and her artistry, outlook, and activism were heavily influenced by her upbringing. Little did young writer Jewelle Gomez know that she would go on to help found GLAAD, now one of the world’s largest queer organizations. She thought to herself: If Vito Russo invites me, I’m going… You need to come to our meeting,” he told her. This all changed, however, after a chance encounter with the man in charge of said meeting: historian and activist Vito Russo. He asked her to come to a meeting of a few local queer folk in their office warehouse due in part to the sexism she saw in certain gay-empowerment groups at the time, she was hesitant. ![]() A multiracial, semi-closeted, 35-year-old lesbian was working at the New York State Council on the Arts, alongside her gay male supervisor. ![]()
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