Smid, John J. Papers
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Mattachine Society of Washington
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content: The Mattachine Society of Washington "Love in Action" Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983-2009, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1428, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: John J. Smid joined Love in Action (LIA) eventually moved into the leadership of the organization.  He is the former director of the Memphis, Tennessee program of LIA.  He recanted and departed the organization in 2008.  He and his husband, Larry McQueen, were married in November 2014. In 2012 he published his memoirs, Ex'd Out: How I Fired the Shame Committee.