Houston Press met with members of the LGBTQ community to learn more about their experiences belonging to this group. These are their stories. Meet Dennis Beedon, the 'Mayor of Montrose.'
June is the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, often regarded as the tipping point in the modern gay rights movement and earning its recognition as Pride Month. Houston Press met with members of the LGBT Q community to learn more about their experiences belonging to this group. These are their stories.
"I was out to everybody, including my family and friends, since I was relatively young, give or take my military career," he said."I knew that I was gay during the military because I had a boyfriend when I was in the army, but I never never had any issues with anything LGBTQ during my time. My mind and openness really set in place when I moved to Houston, though, and that is because I lived in Montrose.
"I went to work for what was then still being put together, The Assistance Fund, five gentlemen who were donating $500 a month each into a general fund," Beedon said."Because HIV was becoming so widely known as well as the issues created from it, those that were stricken with that illness were being fired from work.
Because of his involvement through various initiatives to promote awareness of and testing for HIV, which largely took place in the Montrose neighborhood, Beedon earned his now unforgettable nickname as the"Mayor of Montrose."
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