John Terrence "Terry" Dolan (1950 – December 28, 1986) was an American
New Right political activist who was a co-founder and chairman of the
National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC).[1] Dolan was also, during the mid to late 1970s, in the leadership of
Christian Voice, "the nation's oldest conservative Christian lobby".[2]
While Dolan was a proponent of
family values and the organizations he led were persistently critical of
gay rights, he was revealed to have been a
closetedhomosexual,[3][4][5][6] who frequented gay bars in
Washington, D.C.[7] At a Washington fundraising event in 1985, the renowned AIDS activist
Larry Kramer reportedly tossed a glass of water in his face.[8] Dolan died from complications of
AIDS at the age of 36.[9] He is one of many with panels dedicated to them (in his case three panels) in the
AIDS Quilt.[10]
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abElizabeth Kastor (1987), The Cautious Closet of the Gay Conservative; In the Life and Death of Terry Dolan, Mirror Images From the Age of AIDS, The Washington Post, May 11, 1987.
^Lauerman, Kerry (June 23, 2012).
"Terry Dolan". LGBT's worst foe: The Closet Monster. Salon.com.
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