Alexei Romanoff

Alexei Romanoff

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1937 -

Occupation

Activist

Description

LGBTQ rights activist who played a key role in organizing resistance to what he described as “entrapment and police brutality” by the Los Angeles Police Department (1967). Parade Grand Marshall, LA Pride (2017). Co-founded the Santa Monica Coalition for Human Rights.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20170611/la-pride-grand-marshal-alexei-romanoff-on-his-decades-long-fight-for-gay-rights
• http://laaqueerhistory.com/alexei-romanoff/