He was a professor of Education at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and served on the board of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
[2] A review in The Nation described Dry Bones Breathe as "perhaps the most important book about gay male culture and community of the past decade."
[3] He was a professor of Education at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and served on the board of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and White Crane Institute.
[5] Humboldt State established the Eric Rofes Center after his death as a new program in honor of his legacy and to continue his work in queer-feminist activism.
[6][7] The SNM is the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history,[8] and the wall’s unveiling was timed to take place during the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.