Martin Bauml Duberman (born August 6, 1930) is an American historian, biographer, playwright, and gay rights activist.
His father, born in Ukraine, was initially a manual laborer but later founded a successful clothing business that sold uniforms to the government during World War II.
He was also a member of the founding boards of the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force, Lambda Legal Defense Fund, and Queers for Economic Justice.
In 2012 Amherst College conferred on him an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, the Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction for Hold Tight Gently, 2014, the American Library Association's Stonewall Honor Book for Non-Fiction, 2015.
[12] His most recent novel, Luminous Traitor: The Just and Daring Life of Roger Casement, a Biographical Novel, was published by the University of California Press in November 2018.