Stephen Donaldson (Columbia University)

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Stephen Donaldson is the pseudonym of Robert A. Martin, Jr (b. July 27, 1946, Norfolk, Virginia — 19 July 1996) who founded the Student Homophile League at Columbia University in 1967, the first known gay student organization in the world^[1]. Donaldson, who took the pseudonym to protect his identity in the pre-stonewall years, was also an activist against prison rape and a writer.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Works 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Personal life

Donaldson returned to Columbia in the mid-1970s to pursue graduate studies in religion and was ordained as a Theravada Buddhist monk.^[2]

[edit] Works

• Donaldson, Stephen (1995). "The Bisexual Movement's Beginnings in the 70s: A Personal Retrospective". Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, ed. Naomi Tucker. ISBN 978-1-560-24950-4. 

[edit] See also

• Dynes, Wayne (2002). "Stephen Donaldson (Robert A. Martin)". Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context ed. Vern L. Bullough. ISBN 978-156023193-6. 

[edit] References

1. ^ Schumach, Murray. "Columbia Charters Homosexual Group", New York Times, 1967-05-03. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
2. ^ Highleyman, Liz (2006-07-12). Who was Stephen Donaldson (aka Robert Martin)?. gMax: Queer History. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.

        3.  Biography at CU-GABLES site