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Remembering the life, work of Jeff Montgomery, Michigan gay rights activist

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff
Published July 20, 2016 at 3:59 PM EDT
Jeff Montgomery at the The NAMES Project's AIDS Quilt Memorial Display Candlelight Vigil in October, 1992
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Jeff Montgomery at the The NAMES Project's AIDS Quilt Memorial Display Candlelight Vigil in October, 1992.

Jeff Montgomery was one of Michigan's first leading gay-rights activists. 

A personal tragedy drove him to become a fierce advocate for LGBT rights in Michigan and found the Triangle Foundation, which later became a part ofEquality Michigan. 

Montgomery died this week in Detroit.

Sean Kosofskyis Montgomery's friend and a former staff member of the Triangle Foundation. He is now in New York running the Tyler Clementi Foundation. 

Kosofsky spoke with us today about Montgomery's life, and about his contributions to LGBT rights in Michigan and across the nation.

GUEST Sean Koswofsky is executive director of The Tyler Clementi Foundation. He tweets @SeanInNC.

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