Adele Starr (February 10, 1920 - December 10, 2010) organized the Los Angeles chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays in 1976.
Biography
Ida Seltzer, later Adele Starr, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 10, 1920, the daughter of an accountant and a homemaker.
Adele Starr, at the time in Brentwood, California and a mother of five, became an activist for gay rights and marriage equality in 1974 after her second son, Philip Starr, told her he was gay.
Los Angeles P-FLAG, founded in 1976, received more than 7,500 letters requesting information. Every letter was answered by a member of the chapter.
In 1981, members decided to launch a national organization. The first PFLAG office was established in Los Angeles under founding president Adele Starr, who remained president until 1986.
She died on December 10, 2010, at 90 years old.
References
- "PFLAG National Blog". PFLAG National. 2013-03-08. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Adele Starr dies at 90; unflagging gay-rights activist". Los Angeles Times. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- "Seattle Gay News - Page 3 - PFLAG pioneer Adele Starr dies at 90 - Friday, December 17, 2010 - Volume 38 Issue 51". SGN. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
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