[3] In 1979, Boozer was elected president of the Gay Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C.,[4] in which office he served for two one-year terms.

[6] While president of the GAA, the organization won unanimous passage of the Sexual Assault Reform Act by the D.C. Council, which decriminalized sodomy and repealed solicitation laws for consenting adults.

[4] Under pressure from the Moral Majority, a Christian right lobbying group, Congress exercised its power to overturn DC acts for only the second time to repeal this change.

[4] During his leadership, the GAA also saw established the right for the GAA to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery[1] and won a court battle with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for the right to place Metrobus posters reading "Someone in Your Life is Gay.

[20][21] The SNM is the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history,[22] and the wall's unveiling was timed to take place during the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.