Treadway, Leo.

Leo Treadway, a mental health counselor, religious layworker, and gay rights activist, has been involved with most of the social, political, philanthropic, religious and educational organizations serving the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) community of Minneapolis and St. Paul since the mid-1970s.

After serving briefly in the army during the early 1960s, Treadway earned a B.A. degree in Psychology (1968) and a M.Ed degree in Counseling and Student Personnel Administration (1970) from the University of Delaware. In the early 1970s, he pursued a Ph.D in Counseling and Counseler Education from Purdue University and worked at the Crisis Center in Lafayette, Indiana, and as the executive director of the Open Door Crisis Center in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Treadway moved to the Twin Cities in 1975 and found work in the mental health field and as a consultant to various health, educational, religious, and youth groups.

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