Don Kilhefner
American gay activist and Jungian psychologist
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Don Kilhefner is an LGBTQ rights activist, community organizer, and Jungian psychologist living in West Hollywood, California.[1][2] He founded and co-founded multiple gay organizations,[3] including the Radical Faeries,[4] the LA Community Services Center[5] (now the Los Angeles LGBT Center), and the Van Ness Recovery House.[6]
Personal life
Kilhefner was born March 3, 1938, in Ephrata, Pennsylvania[2]
He finished high school and enrolled Millersville University, where he majored in history.[2] His attained his first master's degree, in African American History, from Howard University.[7]
After completing college he taught German and world history in high school for a year in suburban Wilmington. He was one of the first to volunteer for the Peace Corps in 1962.[8] He spent three years of his life living in Ethiopia, while teaching secondary school history.[2]