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  1. Madden, Kay

Madden, Kay

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  • Date: November 15, 2017

  • Interviewed by: Williams, Austin R.

  • Biographical Sketch:

    Kay Madden was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1949 and grew up in Linwood, Kansas. After graduating college, she moved to Springfield, Missouri and became a librarian and subsequently continued her education to become a lawyer. She is a longtime member of the National Lawyers Guild, and has been a member of numerous activist organizations such as the Gay Organized Alliance for Liberation (GOAL) and the Human Rights Ordinance Project (HROP). She also served on Mayor Richard Berkley's Commission for Hate Group Activity and co-founded the Pink Triangle Political Coalition (PTPC). She worked for 32 years with her law firm Slough Connealy Irwin and Madden.

  • Subjects Discussed:

    Coming out, Anita Bryant, HIV/AIDS, the National Lawyers Guild, Slough Connealy Irwin and Madden, the Gay Organized Alliance for Liberation (GOAL), the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP/KC), the Pink Triangle Political Coalition, Mayor Richard Berkley's Commission for Hate Group Activity, the Human Rights Ordinance Project (HROP), the Human Rights Project (HRP), Richard Berkley, Emanuel Cleaver, Katheryn Shields, Dan Cofran. 

  • Restrictions On Use:

    None

  • Collection: GLAMA Oral Histories