Laud Humphreys

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Laud Humphreys (October 16, 1930 - August 23, 1988) was an American sociologist and author. He was born as Robert Allan Humphreys and chose "Laud" as his first name when he was baptised again upon entering the Episcopal Church. He graduated from the Seabury-Western Episcopal Theological Seminary in 1955. He was married from 1960 to 1980 and came out as a gay man somewhat earlier.

Laud Humphreys is best known for his published Ph.D. dissertation, Tearoom Trade (1970), an ethnographical study of male-male sexual relationships in public restrooms. He also published Out of the Closets: The Sociology of Homosexual Liberation (1972).

He served as professor of sociology at Pitzer College in Claremont, California from 1972-1986.


His biography was published in 2004, titled, Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology.


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