Tom Doerr

[citation needed] In the days after the Stonewall riots in 1969, Doerr became known as an activist who helped others understand the political implications of their actions.

[4][3] In 1970 ten GAA members occupied the Republican State Committee headquarters to demand Governor Nelson Rockefeller support gay rights.

[6] A Kay Lahusen photo shows Marty Robinson and Tom Doerr snuggling under an American flag.

[4]Doerr died on August 2, 1987, and is buried with his parents at Centre County Memorial Park, State College, Pennsylvania.

[4] Vito Russo designed the panel honoring Tom Doerr for the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, a blue shirt with the lambda yellow sign and underneath it the words: "In memory of Tom Doerr, Who designed the Lambda as the symbol of the Gay Liberation Movement".