Albert L. Gordon (May 29, 1915 – August 10, 2009) was an American attorney who become an advocate for gay rights through legal challenges in the 1970s and 1980s to laws that criminalized certain homosexual practices.
He worked for the Lockheed Corporation during World War II and established a cleaning company with his wife after being fired from his job as a result of his union support.
[1] Gordon attended the San Fernando Valley College of Law (now University of West Los Angeles) and passed the bar in 1962.
After Gordon won the release of the 40 people arrested, he was one of the mock slaves who were put up for sale in a second fundraising event organized by Rev.
[1] A West Hollywood establishment called Barney's Beanery had long had anti-homosexual wording on signs and matchbooks at the restaurant, reading "Fagots [sic] Stay Out".