Mel Boozer

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Mel Boozer

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1945 - 1987

Occupation

Politics, Academic

Description

Former professor of sociology at the University of Maryland. President of the Gay Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (1979-1981). First openly-gay person to be nominated for the position of Vice-President of the United States (1980). Also known as Melvin Boozer. Died of AIDS.

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