George Davis Whitmore (September 27, 1945 – April 19, 1989) was an American playwright, novelist, and poet.

[1] A conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, Whitmore chose to work at Planned Parenthood in New York City (1968–1972) in lieu of military service.

[1] Whitmore emerged as an author in the context of the early gay literary movement that flourished in New York during the 1960s and 1970s.

[6] In 1988, Whitmore and David Whittacre were awarded $47,000 after suing a Greenwich Village dental clinic for discriminating against them on the basis of their HIV status.

[7] The clinic shut down due to legal costs; although there were plans for it to be reopened as a nursing home for AIDS patients,[8] this ultimately never happened.