History
 

Over 20 Years and Still Strong!
GLAD-E has a special place in its heart for history. Our rich history includes many individuals who have come and gone but have left a continuing legacy that is GLAD-E. This list is maintained by the GLAD-E Historian, Dennis Hart, who has been with GLAD-E from its earliest days!
 

Name
 
1980 Rainbow Society of the Deaf: Region I
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf: Region I
1981 Rainbow Region I
1990 Rainbow Eastern Region
1994 Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Deaf - East
1996 Rainbow Eastern Region
2000 Gay and Lesbian Association of the Deaf - East
 

Officers
 

1980
Founding Chairman: Abbe Woosley

1980 - 1981
Governor: Marvin Evink
Lt. Governor: Mike Felts
Secretary: Dennis Hart

1981 - 1982
Governor: Michel Turgeon
Lt Governor: Karl Parent
Secretary: Bill Shaw (Dennis Hart)

1982 - 1983
Governor: Joey Hines
Lt Governor: Samuel Jones
Secretary: Dennis Hart

1983 - 1984
Governor: Karl Parent
Lt Governor: David Bertin
Secretary: Abbe Woosley

1984 - 1986
Governor: Dennis Hart
Lt Governor: Grant Finch
Secretary/Treasurer: Brian McCartney (Jeannie Breyer)

1986 - 1988
Governor: Scott Wilson
Lt Governor: Ronald Crippen
Secretary/Treasurer: James Humphrey

1988 - 1990
Governor: Robert Rourke
Lt Governor: Ron Crippen
Secretary/Treasurer: James Humphrey (Henry Carter)

1990 - 1992
Governor: Ernest Hoffmann
Lt Governor: Ralph Lesley
Secretary/Treasurer: Steve Hunter

1992 - 1994
Governor: Don Smith (Kathy Wilson)
Lt. Governor: Ralph Lesley
Secretary/Treasurer:

1994 - 1996
Governor: Marlena Rosendahl
Lt. Governor: Matt Brown
Secretary/Treasurer: Dru Garner

1996 - 1998
Governor: Abbe Woosley
Lt. Governor: Jerry Garmany (Barbara Burdick)
Secretary/Treasurer: Barbara Hathaway (Michael Ratzlaff)

1998 - 2000
Governor: Gary Wolford
Lt. Governor: Barbara Burdick (vacant)
Secretary/Treasurer: Michael Ratzlaff (Vicki Dunn)

2000 - 2004
Governor: Henry Carter
Lt. Governor: Dennis Hart
Secretary: David Rink
Treasurer: Andrea Kemp (Kelly Kim)

2004 - 2006
President: David Rink
Vice President: Abbe Woosley
Secretary: Samuel Diem
Treasurer:Ed Carrigan

2006 - 2008
President: David Rink
Vice President: Dennis Hart
Secretary: Kelly Kim
Treasurer: Ed Carrigan

 

Conference Sites
 

October 10 - 11, 1980
Rochester, New York

October 23 - 24, 1981
Capital Metropolitan Rainbow Alliance
Washington, District of Columbia

October 29 - 31, 1982
Association des Bonnes Gens Sourds
Montreal, Quebec

December 30, 1983 - January 1, 1984
Empire Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
New York City, New York

October 5 - 8, 1984
Toronto Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
Toronto, Ontario

May 24 - 27, 1986
Philadelphia Rainbow Deaf Alliance
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 17 - June 19, 1988
Maryland Lambda Deaf Alliance
Baltimore, Maryland

June 15 - June 17, 1990
Capital Metropolitan Rainbow Alliance
Washington, District of Columbia

September 4 - 6, 1992
Association des Bonnes Gens Sourds
Montreal, Quebec

June 24 - 25, 1994
New Jersey Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
Newark, New Jersey

October 11 - 13, 1996
Capital Metropolitan Rainbow Alliance
Washington, District of Columbia

May 22 - 24, 1998
Baltimore Leather Association of the Deaf
Baltimore, Maryland

April 28 - 30, 2000
Washington, District of Columbia

July 2002 - Cancelled due to Deaf Way II
Washington, District of Columbia

June 25 - 27, 2004
Peachtree Rainbow Deaf Society
Atlanta, Georgia

July 6 - 9, 2006
Philadephia Lambda Club of the Deaf
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 18-19, 2008
GLAD-E Caucus Meeting
at International Deaf Leather Contest Weekend
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Further Notes

The account above is accurate to date. If you have any additional information or corrections that should be made, please contact the historian.