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Richard J. Rosendall
Richard J. Rosendall was president of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (GLAA), a nonpartisan group founded in 1971, for three years ending in January 1999.
He is a contributor to the Liberty Education Forum, a centrist gay think tank launched in 2001. In 1981 he co-founded the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. (GMCW), which he served as public relations director from 1985 to 1996. He has been active with the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses, and sang at its first five choral festivals (1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1996). He produced benefit performances by the gay male vocal quintet The Flirtations for the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League in 1991. His interest in international activism led him to persuade both GLAA and GALA Choruses to join the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), whose conferences he attended in 1993 and 1994. In 1996 he launched web sites for GLAA and GMCW, and he continues to administer the GLAA site.
Since 1997 he has served on the NAACP-DC Metropolitan Police and Criminal Justice Review Task Force. In 1997-1998, he served on the D.C. Citizens Advisory Committee on the Selection of the Chief of Police. He participated in "celebrity roast" fundraisers for DC's Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Day in 1996 and 1997. He wrote and officiated at a gay wedding ceremony for friends in October 1994. He is a native Washingtonian.
Richard J. Rosendall may be contacted via e-mail.
Contributions
- Marriage or Mirage?, by Richard J. Rosendall, December 18, 2008
- Leading from Below, by Richard J. Rosendall, December 4, 2008
- Learning from Obama, by Richard J. Rosendall, November 20, 2008
- Top of His Game, by Richard J. Rosendall, October 9, 2008
- Obamaphobia, by Richard J. Rosendall, September 11, 2008
- A Most Unusual Catholic, by Richard J. Rosendall, August 14, 2008
- A Long Way from Safe, by Richard J. Rosendall, July 17, 2008
- Patience, Please, by Richard J. Rosendall, June 21, 2008
- State of the World, 2007, by Richard J. Rosendall, March 27, 2008
- “Minstrel” Madness, by Richard J. Rosendall, March 13, 2008
- Syringes and Spine, by Richard J. Rosendall, February 14, 2008
- The Case for Obama, by Richard J. Rosendall, February 6, 2008
- Anger Isn't Enough, by Richard J. Rosendall, January 17, 2008
- Three Unwise Men, by Richard J. Rosendall, December 13, 2007
- A Landmark Victory, by Richard J. Rosendall, November 15, 2007
- A Bipartisan Marriage Fight, by Richard J. Rosendall, September 27, 2007
- Mike Rogers and the Ethics of Outing, by Richard J. Rosendall, September 15, 2007
- The Poltroon and the Groom, by Richard J. Rosendall, August 30, 2007
- Marriage Aftershocks in Ohio, by Richard J. Rosendall, August 2, 2007
- Exposing Phony ‘Experts’, by Richard J. Rosendall, July 12, 2007
- Advance Guards of Unreality, by Richard J. Rosendall, June 14, 2007
- The Round Mound of Profound, by Richard J. Rosendall, May 17, 2007
- Crosscurrents in 2008, by Richard J. Rosendall, May 3, 2007
- Gay Rights or America-Bashing?, by Richard J. Rosendall, April 5, 2007
- A Global Gay Report Card, by Richard J. Rosendall, March 22, 2007
- The Mass. Vote (1): No Vote, No Guilt, by Richard J. Rosendall, January 13, 2007
- A Watershed Election, by Richard J. Rosendall, November 23, 2006
- Better, Maybe. Good? Maybe Not., by Richard J. Rosendall, October 26, 2006
- Andrew Sullivan's Saving Doubt, by Richard J. Rosendall, October 12, 2006
- Gay Families' Quiet Revolution, by Richard J. Rosendall, August 31, 2006
- First Amendment, Last in Our Hearts, by Richard J. Rosendall, August 17, 2006
- ‘Beyond Marriage’ — to Nowhere, by Richard J. Rosendall, August 3, 2006
- No Excuses for Iran, by Richard J. Rosendall, July 27, 2006
- A Schism by Any Other Name, by Richard J. Rosendall, June 29, 2006
- The Families We're Fighting For, by Richard J. Rosendall, June 25, 2006
- Love and the Border Crossing, by Richard J. Rosendall, May 18, 2006
- Defending Our Gay Warriors, by Richard J. Rosendall, April 20, 2006
- Gays in 'Eurabia', by Richard J. Rosendall, March 30, 2006
- The State Department's Gay-Rights Tool, by Richard J. Rosendall, March 23, 2006
- On Marriage, Don't Unite—Coordinate, by Richard J. Rosendall, March 3, 2006
- Queer Posturing, Brainless Boycott, by Richard J. Rosendall, January 19, 2006
- Civil Rights in Black and Tan, by Richard J. Rosendall, January 27, 2005
- The Ratzinger Record, by Richard J. Rosendall, January 13, 2005
- Eight Ways to Move Ahead, by Richard J. Rosendall, December 2, 2004
- Marriage Is Radical Enough, by Richard J. Rosendall, May 26, 2004
- Our Struggle for Love, by Richard J. Rosendall, December 1, 2003
- A March in the Wrong Direction, by Richard J. Rosendall, August 22, 2003
- Let's Admit We're Winning, by Richard J. Rosendall, July 4, 2003
- Taking It to Conservatives, by Richard J. Rosendall, May 9, 2003
- A Tradition of Fighting Back, by Richard J. Rosendall, October 25, 2002
- Muslims: Can We Talk?, by Richard J. Rosendall, May 31, 2002
- Flowers for Pim, by Richard J. Rosendall, May 16, 2002
- An Open Letter to the Vicar, by Richard J. Rosendall, August 13, 1998
