On August 5, 1981, while stationed in Hawaii, he was fired by Ronald Reagan along with 11,358 other PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization) members who were on strike.
In 1992, while doing business-to-business sales for Video Professor, he read The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer.
He advertised marijuana in Denver's Westword Newspaper, on the locally famous "Back Page".
Later that year, Gorman started holding "smoke-ins" on the steps of the Colorado capitol building.
In May 1999, Gorman allowed himself to be arrested for selling three pounds of marijuana to a police informant who claimed to be buying it for medicinal purposes.
He supported Libertarian candidates Rick Stanley for Senate and Boulder's Ralph Shnelvar for governor in 2002.
In 2004/2005, he was a featured speaker at meetings of the Colorado Compassion Club in Denver which was co-founded by himself and cannabis pioneer and Social Equity activist Larisa Bolivar.