Pat Norman (activist): Difference between revisions

'''Pat Norman''' (born in 1939 in [[Brooklyn]]) is an activist.<ref name="encyclopedia1939">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/norman-pat-1939 |title=Norman, Pat 1939— - Dictionary definition of Norman, Pat 1939— &#124; Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Laird |first=Cynthia |url=http://ebar.com/pride/article.php?sec=pride&article=49 |title=The Bay Area Reporter Online &#124; Grand marshals: A lifetime of fighting for justice |publisher=Ebar.com |date=2007-06-21 |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref> She was the first openly gay employee of the [[San Francisco Health Department]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/when-we-rise-hammers-home-the-we-of-the-lgbtq-community |title='When We Rise' Hammers Home the 'We' of the LGBTQ Community |publisher=VICE |date= |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref>

She founded the Lesbian Mothers Union in 1971; it was concerned with custody problems for lesbians.<ref>http: name="encyclopedia1939"//www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/norman-pat-1939</ref><ref>http://ebar.com/pride/article.php?sec name=pride&article=49<"autogenerated1"/ref>

In the 1980s she co-chaired civil rights marches and worked against [[apartheid]].<ref>http: name="encyclopedia1939"//www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/norman-pat-1939</ref> As well, in 1984 she became the first out lesbian to run for San Francisco city supervisor.<ref>http: name="encyclopedia1939"//www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/norman-pat-1939</ref> In 1987 she co-chaired and organized the [[Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights|National March on Washington for Lesbian/Gay Rights]].<ref name="Ghaziani">Ghaziani, Amin. 2008. "The Dividends of Dissent: How Conflict and Culture Work in Lesbian and Gay Marches on Washington". The University of Chicago Press.</ref><ref>http: name="encyclopedia1939"//www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/norman-pat-1939</ref> At the 1988 [[Democratic National Convention]] she was a delegate for [[Jesse Jackson]].<ref>http: name="encyclopedia1939"//www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/norman-pat-1939</ref>

In 1990 she co-chaired the United States’ [[Nelson Mandela]] Reception committee, and in 1991 she was elected to the California State Democratic Party Central Committee.<ref>co-chaired the United States’ Nelson Mandela Reception committee<name="encyclopedia1939"/ref>

She was chosen as the lifetime achievement grand marshal for the 2007 San Francisco [[Pride Parade]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.is/W4l6P |title=SF Pride &#124; Parade &#124; Grand Marshals |publisher=Archive.is |date= |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref>http://ebar.com/pride/article.php?sec name=pride&article=49<"autogenerated1"/ref>