- Longtime activist for rights of homosexuals. Has a large collection of memorabilia from the early homosexual rights movement.
- Was fired from his US government job in 1957 because he was a homosexual.
- On June 2, 2021, he was honored with a Google Doodle.
- Graduated from Harvard with a Master's Degree and Ph.D.
- Graduated from Richmond Hill High School (Richmond Hill, Queens, New York) in 1941 at the age of 16.
- Graduated with a BS from CUNY/Queens College in 1948.
- Father Emil was an immigrant from Poland and was an electrical engineer who designed automobile ignition systems. He married Rachel Beck in April 1922.
- Has a younger sister Edna.
- Grew up at 103-17 115th Street in South Richmond Hill, Queens, New York.
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