Gunnison, Foster.

Foster Gunnison, Jr. was born in 1925 in Bronxville, New York . In 1944 he entered Haverford College and soon after transferred to Columbia University, graduating in 1949.

Gunnison moved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1955 to pursue a Masters degree in psychology at Trinity College . After completing a second Masters degree at Trinity, in philosophy, he visited the New York City offices of the Mattachine Society . The year was 1964 and as Gunnison explained to receptionist Craig Rodwell, who would later emerge as a radical figure in the Society and an organizing force throughout the city, he had "known for some time that he was not developing into a heterosexual." Gunnison, who was in his early 40s, was looking for opportunities to volunteer.

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