Marc Rubin
Marc Rubin | |
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Born | Morris M. Rubin April 2, 1932 |
Died | February 28, 2007 | (aged 74)
Nationality | American |
Education | Brooklyn College, Queens College, City University of New York |
Occupation(s) | Author, Gay Activist |
Notable work | Special Teachers/Special Boys (1979) |
Partner | Peter Fisher (activist) |
Marc Rubin (April 2, 1932 – February 28, 2007) was an author and activist involved in the gay liberation movement.[1][2]
Career
Rubin received a Bachelor of Arts from Queens College in 1954 and a Masters from Brooklyn College in 1957. In 1964, he was involved in the
Rubin was a founding member of the Gay Teachers Association and the Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth, later known as the Hetrick-Martin Institute.[3] He was also active in the Lavender Hill Mob and ACT UP. Mississippi.[1]
After the
Rubin met his longtime partner, Peter Fisher, through the Gay Activist Alliance. Rubin and Fischer authored the book Special Teachers/Special Boys, published in 1979 by St. Martin's Press.[1] It was based on Rubin's experience teaching troubled youth.[6] The two were together for 37 years until his death.[7] Rubin's manuscripts and papers are archived at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center in New York. They were donated by Peter Fisher before Fischer's death in 2012. Rubin was diagnosed with brain and prostate cancer toward the end of his life.[3] Never recovering from Rubin's death, Fischer died by suicide in 2012. The two's ashes were scattered together in Fisher's sister's backyard in Springfield, Massachusetts.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Marc Rubin Collection". The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ^ "StackPath". gaytoday.com. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ^ a b "reviews_and_ramblings | Marc Rubin & Peter Fisher". reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ^ a b "Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Marriage Bureau". NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ^ Franke-Ruta, Garance (2013-03-26). "The Prehistory of Gay Marriage: Watch a 1971 Protest at NYC's Marriage License Bureau". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ^ a b Andy Humm (2012-08-15). "Pete Fisher, Pioneering Author of "The Gay Mystique," Dead at 68". Gay City News. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ^ "WHEN WE RISE - The Unsung Heroes Of Gay History: Peter Fischer of the Gay Activists Alliance". Back2Stonewall. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-28.