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Bob Summersgill was GLAA President for three terms from 2000 to 2003.
He then served as Treasurer from 2003 through 2005. He has also served as Secretary and Vice President
of GLAA. He wrote the introduction and subject index for GLAA's report,
"Marriage Law in the District of Columbia,"
published in December 2003, and since then has drafted numerous pieces
of legislation for GLAA in collaboration with D.C. Council members and their staffs. He has worked
on intersex issues, anti-harassment policy for DC Schools, Sodomy Law
reform, condom availability in DC prisons, candidate ratings in elections, a
unique identifier system for HIV epidemiological surveillance, training for
police and fire departments, adequate funding for the Office of Human Rights, and
Equality Begins at Home. He has represented GLAA in the Federation of Statewide GLBT Political
Organizations. In Maryland, Bob worked to protect gay-themed books in the
Montgomery County Libraries, lobbied to repeal an anti-gay law, and served as
campaign manager for an openly gay candidate in Baltimore. During a four-year
stay in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he created and published the New Mexico
Rainbow newspaper, founded an annual Coming Out Day Celebration, organized
annual statewide conferences, lobbied for civil rights, hate crimes laws, and
equal marriage rights. He is a computer programmer with an interest in web
design, and is owner of www.sodomylaws.org.
Bob is a certified scuba diver and a gay history buff.
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