| 词条 | Don Amador |
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Early lifeDon Amador was born as Donald Grace on October 23, 1942, in Troy, New York. He reported "knowing he was different" while growing up; his first homosexual experience occurred at age 11.[2][3] At 17 years old he left high school and joined the United States Navy, serving in the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged and went for one year to a monastery before leaving to join an ecumenical project in Boston. He reenlisted in 1965 and worked with Chief Richard J. Amador, a recent widower whose only son had died in the Invasion of Normandy. In 1971, the chief legally adopted him.[2] At his adopted father's insistence, Don Amador returned to school, eventually achieving a master's degree in urban anthropology. His thesis focused on the gay community in Los Angeles.[2] CareerBeginning in 1976, Don Amador taught one of the United States' first Gay Studies courses, at California State University.[2] In his Gay History course, Amador argued that King David, Alexander the Great, Michelangelo Buonarotti and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky were gay and taught that Thomas Jefferson framed a Virginia bill in 1776 to make homosexuality "punishable by castration." He also distinguished between the terms Homosexuality and Gay: "Homosexual is merely what you do in bed; being gay is an entire life-style on its own."[2] Amador collected 14 of the best papers of his course to create a pioneering book in Gay Studies.[3] Don Amador was named "official liaison to the gay community" by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley.[3] In 1977, he ran for the California State Assembly, polling seventh out of 18 candidates. In 1980, he ran for the Los Angeles City Council. "I want to be a role model for gay people," Amador said. "Someday I hope there will be equal rights for all. We shall overcome."[2] Personal lifeBeginning in 1970, Don Amador was in a relationship with Tony Karnes. They considered themselves married and had a wedding ceremony on the steps of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood.[2][3] The couple, together with Don Amador's adoptive father, Richard J. Amador, lived in a mansion built for actress Mary Miles Minter.[2] His father, Richard Amador died in 1983 at 80 years old and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.[4] Don Amador died on August 13, 1992.[5] LegacyCleve Jones, a friend of his, portrayed Don Amador in biographical film Milk (2008), while Jones is portrayed by Emile Hirsch.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Bajko|first1=Matthew S.|title=Film crew descends on Castro|url=http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2635|accessdate=1 October 2017|work=Bay Area Reporter|date=24 Jan 2008|language=en}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Amador, Don}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/we-gays-have-our-own-history-and-culture-and-don-amador-is-the-expert-vol-8-no-24/|title='We Gays Have Our Own History and Culture'—and Don Amador Is the Expert|last1=Kalter|first1=Suzy|date=12 December 1977|website=People.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=9189&q=|title=Don Amador Papers, 1944-1983 and undated|last=Schechter|first=Ute|date=|website=|publisher=College of William & Mary|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=13 September 2017}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14053906/the_los_angeles_times/|title=Death Notices: Funeral Announcements|last=|first=|date=7 September 1983|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|page=296|via=Ancestry.com}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8765cqm/entire_text/|title=Don Amador Papers, 1976-1983 Coll2011.016|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=13 September 2017|via=Online Archive of California}} 8 : 1942 births|1992 deaths|Gay men|20th-century American educators|People from Troy, New York|LGBT people from New York (state)|LGBT people from California|Educators from New York (state) |
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