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Profiles of LGBT people, from the past and today – and celebrating their birthdays! All Birthdays →

Leo Adams

Leo Adams was born on July 9, 1903, in Michigan. Adams was a retired business executive when he donated his personal correspondence to the Stonewall History Project in 1992. His letters have been used by researchers aiming to understand LGBT life in the twentieth century. For more and for excerpts of his correspondence, see: Leo Adams: A Gay Life in Letters, 1928-1952, by Michael S. Miller.