RANDY WICKER was an early participant in the gay rights movement, from the homophile days of the 1960s through the demise of the Gay Activists Alliance in the 1970s.
SYLVIA RIVERA was a participant in the Stonewall riots and explains what it was like to be a Latino drag queen in the mostly white, middle-class world of the early gay movement.
CANDICE BOYCE is a lesbian activist who was one of the few openly lesbian members of the Black Panthers.
MARTHA SHELLY was a founder of New York's Gay Liberation Front (GLF).
KIYOSHI KUROMIYA was one of the few Asian-Americans who took part in the beginning gay rights movement, starting with the early days of the Mattachines to the more radical GLF.
JIM FOURATT was one of the original founders of GLF and an eyewitness to the Stonewall riots.
BOB KOHLER was also a founder of New Yorks GLF and an eyewitness to the Stonewall riots.
KARLA JAY was a member of New Yorks GLF.
MICHELA GRIFFO was a member of New Yorks GLF and a participant in the first gay pride march and the Lavender Menace action as well as the 1973 gay pride rally.
RONALD BALLARD was an early member of New Yorks GLF. He was an actor in New York in the 1960s and 70s.
MARC RUBIN was one of the original members of GAA.
RICH WANDEL was one of the presidents of GAA; he currently runs the archives at the Lesbian and Gay Community Center in New York.