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If you care about freedom of speech, civil liberties, activism, the right to call an officer of the law a name unbecoming of his mother (not that you should do such a thing), or think that the LGBTQ community deserves the same basic rights as anyone else, then you may have heard of Ray Hill. This is one of a few recordings we did. This week Ray talks about activism and ways we can get involved in making Houston a better place to live. Also discussed, is his experience leaving a career as an evangelist (a topic covered more in a future episode), and coming out of the closet as a gay man who would later become an important part of Houston’s LGBTQ community.
Soon we will put up Ray’s story of being a Christian evangelist and what led him to leave that profession. Ray Hill is a treasure and I’m lucky to have had him as a guest.
If you have not I have his CV attached at the end of this post: Sorry for the length but it is worth the read to understand just how much of an honor it is to have him in Houston and as my guest.
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Seventy-six year old native Houstonian. Graduated from Galena Park Public Schools; Attended Steven F Austin State University, University of Houston, Tulane University, New Orleans, no degrees. Came out as a gay man to my family and at Galena Park High School in 1958.
Co-founder and President of Promethean Society (Houston’s first gay/lesbian organization (1967-1969); Co-founder (1968), former Board Member and former General Manager (1980-1981) of Pacifica Radio, KPFT-FM; Co-founder, Executive Director Houston Human Rights League (1976-1986); Co-founder (1975), Charter Member on Resurrection MCC (1975); Past President (1989) of Houston Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Political Caucus; Winner of landmark First Amendment US Supreme Court Case Houston v Hill 107 S.Ct 2502, 1987); Co-founder/organizer (1976), Past Chair (1984-1985) of Houston Lesbian Gay Pride Week, Pride Parade Grand Marshall (1981); Convener and Co-Chair (with Jenny Apuzo) of Houston Town Meeting I; Co-founder of Montrose Counseling Center (now Montrose Center) 1978; Cofounder on Montrose Clinic (now Legacy Health Services) 1978 Former Chair (1984-1986) of Montrose Activity Center; Chair of Executive and Coordinating Committees for the First March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, 1979; Founder and original producer and host (1975-1980) of Wilde N Stein (one of the first regularly scheduled gay/lesbian radio shows in the country and the only one in the South in the 1970’s); Cofounder Kaposi’s Sarcoma Foundation (1980, became KS/AIDS Foundation, is now AIDS Foundation Houston); Convict (1970-1975) Texas Prison System; Founder and Executive Director of First Amendment Lobby of Texas (1982-1997); Author of first “Safe Sex Pamphlet” in the country to help prevent the spread of HIV, published by Citizens for Human Equality CHE, Houston, 1982; Contributor to the first three International Confe
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If you care about freedom of speech, civil liberties, activism, the right to call an officer of the law a name unbecoming of his mother (not that you should do such a thing), or think that the LGBTQ community deserves the same basic rights as anyone else, then you may have heard of Ray Hill. This is one of a few recordings we did. This week Ray talks about activism and ways we can get involved in making Houston a better place to live. Also discussed, is his experience leaving a career as an evangelist (a topic covered more in a future episode), and coming out of the closet as a gay man who would later become an important part of Houston’s LGBTQ community.
Soon we will put up Ray’s story of being a Christian evangelist and what led him to leave that profession. Ray Hill is a treasure and I’m lucky to have had him as a guest.
If you have not I have his CV attached at the end of this post: Sorry for the length but it is worth the read to understand just how much of an honor it is to have him in Houston and as my guest.
http://jrrtalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ray-hill-2.mp3
Seventy-six year old native Houstonian. Graduated from Galena Park Public Schools; Attended Steven F Austin State University, University of Houston, Tulane University, New Orleans, no degrees. Came out as a gay man to my family and at Galena Park High School in 1958.
Co-founder and President of Promethean Society (Houston’s first gay/lesbian organization (1967-1969); Co-founder (1968), former Board Member and former General Manager (1980-1981) of Pacifica Radio, KPFT-FM; Co-founder, Executive Director Houston Human Rights League (1976-1986); Co-founder (1975), Charter Member on Resurrection MCC (1975); Past President (1989) of Houston Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Political Caucus; Winner of landmark First Amendment US Supreme Court Case Houston v Hill 107 S.Ct 2502, 1987); Co-founder/organizer (1976), Past Chair (1984-1985) of Houston Lesbian Gay Pride Week, Pride Parade Grand Marshall (1981); Convener and Co-Chair (with Jenny Apuzo) of Houston Town Meeting I; Co-founder of Montrose Counseling Center (now Montrose Center) 1978; Cofounder on Montrose Clinic (now Legacy Health Services) 1978 Former Chair (1984-1986) of Montrose Activity Center; Chair of Executive and Coordinating Committees for the First March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, 1979; Founder and original producer and host (1975-1980) of Wilde N Stein (one of the first regularly scheduled gay/lesbian radio shows in the country and the only one in the South in the 1970’s); Cofounder Kaposi’s Sarcoma Foundation (1980, became KS/AIDS Foundation, is now AIDS Foundation Houston); Convict (1970-1975) Texas Prison System; Founder and Executive Director of First Amendment Lobby of Texas (1982-1997); Author of first “Safe Sex Pamphlet” in the country to help prevent the spread of HIV, published by Citizens for Human Equality CHE, Houston, 1982; Contributor to the first three International Confe