Rodwell (right) with his partner, Fred Sargeant, in the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop
Born
Craig Louis Rodwell[1]
(1940-10-31)October 31, 1940
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
June 18, 1993(1993-06-18) (aged 52)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Activist and bookshop proprietor
Known for
Founding Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop and proposed the first annual Gay Pride March, then called Christopher Street Liberation Day
Honors
Lambda Literary Award for Publisher's Service, in the inaugural fifty American "pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes" inducted on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor within the Stonewall National Monument
Craig L. Rodwell (October 31, 1940 – June 18, 1993) was an American gay rights activist known for founding the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop on November 24, 1967 - the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors - and as the prime mover for the creation of the New York City gay pride demonstration.[2][3][4] Rodwell, who was already an activist when he participated in the 1969 Stonewall uprising,[5] is considered by some to be the leading gay rights activist in the early, pre-Stonewall, homophile movement of the 1960s.[6]
^"Craig L. Rodwell, 52, Pioneer for Gay Rights". The New York Times. 20 June 1993.
^Craig Rodwell Papers, 1940-1993, New York Public Library (1999). Retrieved on July 25, 2011.
^Tobin, pg. 65
^Marotta, pg. 65
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