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AADL Talks To: Jerry DeGrieck

AA City Councilman Jerry DeGrieck in 1973In this episode, AADL Talks To Jerry DeGrieck. Jerry was the first elected official to come out as gay in the U.S. alongside council member Nancy Wechsler in 1973. Both were members of the Human Rights Party, and in 1972 beat out local democrats and republicans for two seats on Ann Arbor’s City Council. Jerry recalls his time in Ann Arbor and discusses influential moments in his life politically and personally. Though Jerry moved to Seattle in 1974, he still remembers his time in Ann Arbor fondly, has visited several times over the years, and has maintained lifelong friendships that began here.

 

Ann Arbor Voters Wait Their Turn In Clague School Gym Election Lines, November 1992 Photographer: Robert Chase

Ann Arbor Voters Wait Their Turn In Clague School Gym Election Lines, November 1992 image
Year:
1992
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 4, 1992
Caption:
WAITING TO VOTE - Voters lined up in the Clague school gym Tuesday waiting for election officials to give them the nod to enter the three voting booths.