A. Damien Martin: Difference between revisions

'''A. Damien Martin''' (December 2, 1933<ref>{{Cite web |title=A. Damien Martin - Ancestry.com |url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/bmd_death/?name=A.+Damien_Martin&birth=1933-12&death=1991-8_new+york-usa_35&gender=m&location=2&name_x=ps_ps&priority=usa |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref> – August 15, 1991) was one of the founders of the [[Hetrick-Martin Institute]] (HMI), originally known as the Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth (IPLGY).<ref name="Life">{{cite web |title=Out and About: LGBTQ Life in NYC |url=https://www.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/page-assets/let-freedom-ring/Out-and-About-LGBTQ-Life-in-NYC-Calendar-2019-5.pdf |website=LaGuardia Community College |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> The [[Hetrick-Martin Institute]] (HMI) founded the [[Harvey Milk High School]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="Project">{{cite web |title=Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth |url=https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/institute-for-the-protection-of-lesbian-and-gay-youth-iplgy/ |website=NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> Martin was a psychiatrist<ref>Ocean,{{cite J.magazine (2009,|id={{ProQuest|2371024240}} Jun|last1=Ocean 01).|first1=Justin |title=HOW TIME FLIES: NYC YOUTH CENTER HITS 30. ''|magazine=The Advocate,'' ,|issue=1027/1028 22.|date=June Retrieved2009 from|page=22 <nowiki>https://ezproxy.pratt.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/how-time-flies/docview/2371024240/se-2</nowiki>}}</ref> and taught speech pathology at the [[Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development|NYU School of Education]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |title=A. Damien Martin, 57, A Gay Rights Advocate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/18/obituaries/a-damien-martin-57-a-gay-rights-advocate.html |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisherwork=The New York Times |date=18 August 18,1991 1991}}</ref>

Martin was a member of the Governor’sGovernor's Task Force on Teenage Suicide, [[Child Welfare League of America]], The New York City Task Force on AIDS, and the [[NYC Board of Education]] Multicultural Advisory Committee.<ref name="NYT" />

Martin was born in December, 1933, in [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="Eric">{{cite web |last1=Marcus |first1=Eric |title=Damien Martin |url=https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/damien-martin/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |website=Making Gay History}}</ref> He and [[Emery Hetrick]] were partners at HMI as well as life partners. They were together since 1975, lived together in [[Manhattan]]’s's [[Upper East Side]],<ref name="Georgia">{{cite news |last1=Dullea |first1=Georgia |title=HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES FIND A QUIET PRIDE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/10/style/homosexual-couples-find-a-quiet-pride.html |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=The New York Times |date=December 10, 1984}}</ref> and were buried next to each other in [[Brooklyn]] at the [[Green-Wood Cemetery]].<ref name="Podcast">{{cite web |title=Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis — Chapter 4 |url=https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/coming-of-age-during-the-aids-crisis-chapter-4/ |website=Making Gay History |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

== External Links links ==

* [https://www.green-wood.com/] Green-Wood Cemetery Official Site ]

[https://www.hmhsnyc.org/] Harvey Milk High School Official Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, A. Damien}}

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