Steve endean biography
Stephen Robert "Steve" Endean (August 6, – August 4, ) was an American gay rights activist, first in Minnesota, then nationally.!
Steve Endean
LGBT rights activist
Steve Endean | |
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Born | Steven Robert Endean August 6, 1948 |
Died | August 4, 1993 (aged 44) |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Occupation | Gay rights activist |
Stephen Robert "Steve" Endean (August 6, 1948 – August 4, 1993)[1] was an American gay rights activist, first in Minnesota, then nationally.
Stephen Robert "Steve" Endean was an American gay rights activist, first in Minnesota, then nationally.
Endean was the first lobbyist for LGBT rights at the Minnesota State Capitol. He was the director of the Gay Rights National Lobby in 1978, and he started the Human Rights Campaign Fund in 1980, serving as its first executive director.
He also created the Fairness Fund, a LGBT rights organization, whose primary focus was on grassrootspolitical lobbying.
Early life
He was born in Davenport, Iowa, to parents Robert and Marilyn Endean, and from 1954 to 1959, lived in Illinois.[2][1] He graduated from Lincoln High School in Bloomington, Minnesota in 1966.[1] In 1967, he attend