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Marilyn Lamkay

Marilyn Lamkay is a politically active resident of East Hampton, New York, and a former assistant professor and student counselor at Bronx Community College. Lamkay was a member of the board of the National Gay Task Force in the 1980s and was a founding member of the East End Gay Organization. In a newsletter dating to 2008, Lamkay says of herself, “I was an activist long before becoming a feminist.”

Marilyn Lamkay Interview, April 8, 1987

Marilyn Lamkay Interview, April 8, 1987

Marilyn Lamkay is interviewed in New York City in 1987 (it seems to continue from a previous video and is perhaps continued in another video). She talks about being a lesbian in New York and coming out to her family and professionally, her relationships and religious beliefs.