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Avicolli Mecca, Tommi*
NAME: Tommi Avicolli Mecca*
Biography:
Tommi Avicolli Mecca is a longtime southern Italian radical queer activist who helped organize the first gay pride march in Philadelphia in 1972.
He was co-founder of Radicalqueens and helped produce its magazine, and a member of Gay Liberation Front/Temple until its demise in 1974. He served as president of Gay Activists Alliance (1975), Associate Editor of New Gay Life magazine (1976-9), and reporter/editor for the Philadelphia Gay News (1981-91).
Tommi avicollis mecca biography of william
He founded the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Archives (now part of the library at the William Way Center in Philly), and the first multi-racial LGBT theatre troupe, Avalanche (1986-1991). He was also a founder of GALA, the Gay and Lesbian Arts Festival.
He was on the board of the first LGBT community center and helped organize its weekly Gay Coffeehouse.
He is a poet, performer, activist and writer. As a journalist, he has contributed to //Philadelphia Magazine//,