Brian McNaught (San Francisco, CA, 1997)
Brian McNaught is a renowned author and educator on the issues facing GLBT people. Named "the godfather of gay diversity training" by The New York Times, Mr. McNaught has worked with heterosexual audiences in churches, classrooms, and boardrooms since 1974 to help build competence and confidence in their proactive response to GLBT employees after the Catholic Church in Michigan fired him for being gay. He also helps people to better understand the unique challenges and opportunities faced by gay people to acknowledge, affirm, and integrate our sexual orientation into our family, faith, and work communities. He extensively uses his books and DVDs as educational resources. In 1979, his published open letter to Anita Bryant resulted in a television debate between him and Anita Bryant Ministries in Miami. From 1982 - 1984, Mr. McNaught served as the Mayor of Boston's Liaison to the Gay and Lesbian Community. More recently, he was an advisor to former Surgeon General David Satcher on matters of national sexual health.
Tom Dooley Award Acceptance Speech (from the GALA Newsletter Archive)
Mr. McNaught’s Thomas A. Dooley Award is now a part of the permanent collection at the Stonewall Museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.