Eddie Hickey

Eddie Hickey and his lover Scott, who were two of the early leaders of the Gay People's Alliance (GPA) student group at Oregon State University, shown in a newspaper article by Barbara Curtin, "Monday Profile: OSU Student not afraid to be different," Gazette-Times Monday, July 26, 1982, p. 11. Note the comb handle sticking out of Eddie Hickey's back jeans pocket. This was a fashion statement in 1982.