He also created the Fairness Fund, a LGBT rights organization, whose primary focus was on grassroots political lobbying.
He was born in Davenport, Iowa, to parents Robert and Marilyn Endean, and from 1954 to 1959, lived in Illinois.
[1] Endean recalled that in those early days of the 1970s, he was jeered at by some Minnesota lawmakers, when he was lobbying legislators for support of a LGBT rights bill.
[1] Endean's persistent efforts eventually lead to a 10-0 vote to ban discrimination on the basis of "affectional or sexual preference".
[7] In the 1970s, he served as co-chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Gay Task Force (later NGLTF).
[9][3] In December 1986, Endean created the Fairness Fund, a LGBT rights organization whose objective was focused on grassroots political lobbying.