| 词条 | Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz |
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Early livesBoth women were born in Brooklyn, Berman on March 30, 1934[2] and Kurtz on July 19, 1936; they met in the late 1950s and became friends.[2][5] Both were married to men and had children at the time.[2] Kurtz moved to Israel with her family in 1970, and when she returned to visit America in 1974, she and Ruthie fell in love.[2] They divorced their husbands and became a couple.[2] As a lesbian coupleIn 1988, Berman was a health and physical education teacher at a Brooklyn high school. She and Kurtz sued the New York City Board of Education for domestic partner benefits in 1988, eventually winning in 1994.[4] The couple went on the talk shows The Phil Donahue Show and Geraldo to talk about the case, and came out of the closet on Donahue in 1988.[4] Berman and Kurtz started branches of Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) in Florida and New York, and in 2000, they began serving as co-chairs of the New York State NOW Lesbian Rights Task Force. They also founded The Answer is Loving Counseling Center (they were both certified counselors) and worked there for over twenty years.[2] They were married on July 26, 2011, in New York.[6] Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum officiated.[6] They retired to Palm Beach County, Florida, where they were continually active in Democratic, LGBT, feminist, and #BlackLivesMatter politics. In 2017, Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017 was introduced. If passed, this bill will amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include the specific needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals among the "greatest social needs" served under that Act. An LGBT individual shall be considered a "minority" for purposes of services provided under the Act. The bill authorizes the Administration of Aging to designate within it a person with responsibility for addressing issues affecting LGBT older individuals. In addition, the administration shall conduct studies and collect data to determine the services needed by LGBT older individuals. The administration shall establish and operate the National Resource Center on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging to provide national, state, and local organizations with the information and technical assistance needed by those organizations to effectively serve LGBT older individuals. The Long-Term Care Ombudsman of each state shall, as a condition of receiving certain federal funding under the Act, collect and analyze data related to discrimination against LGBT older individuals in long-term care settings.[7] Film and papersIn 2002 a documentary titled Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House was made about their lives, directed by Deborah Dickson.[8] The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2002, and won six best documentary awards within a year.[8] The Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz Papers are held in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College.[2] DeathKurtz died due to liver cancer on May 27, 2018 at the age of 81.[3] Additional Information
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/obituaries/connie-kurtz-gay-rights-leader-dies-at-81.html |title=Connie Kurtz, Gay Rights Advocate, Dies at 81 |publisher=The New York Times |author=Genzlinger, Neil |date=June 1, 2018 |accessdate=June 3, 2018}} {{LGBT-stub}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Berman, Ruthie and Connie Kurtz}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web |url=http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss430.html |title=Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz Papers, 1956-2006 |publisher=Five Colleges Archive & Manuscript Collections |work=Sophia Smith Collection}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/entertainment/lgbtq-pioneer-and-century-village-resident-connie-kurtz-dies/wWM0Pc9f0Vqn9qisPrJ9sL/ |title=LGBTQ pioneer and Century Village resident dies at 83 |publisher=Palm Beach Post |author=Streeter, Leslie Gray |date=May 29, 2018 |accessdate=June 3, 2018}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://ruthieandconniethemovie.com/about/ |title=About |work=Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://home.bates.edu/views/2003/02/27/deborah-dickson-film/ |date=February 27, 2003 |title=Bates Hillel to screen 'Ruthie and Connie' as part of the 2003 Maine Jewish Film Festival |work=Bates Views}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/special_sections/good_life/my_beloved_mine_last |title=My Beloved Is Mine — At Last |publisher=The Jeewish Week |author=Brown, Elicia |date=July 26, 2011 |accessdate=June 3, 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=H.R.4222 - Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4222 |publisher=Library of Congress}} {{PD-notice}} 8. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/03march/dickson.htm |publisher=New England Film |title=Grand Dames |date=March 1, 2003 |first=Asa |last=Pittman |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627184024/http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/03march/dickson.htm |archivedate=June 27, 2003 |df= }} 7 : LGBT people from the United States|LGBT rights activists from the United States|Married couples|LGBT Jews|Jewish activists|1934 births|1936 births |
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