Ann Northrop's father was an executive for United Airlines, and the family moved frequently, thus she spent most of her youth in the areas surrounding Hartford, Washington, DC, Boston, Denver and Chicago.
19 Facts About Ann Northrop
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Ann Northrop acted as the New York officer for a study of thousands of straight and gay couples by Drs.
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Ann Northrop returned to regular television production in 1981 as a writer-producer for ABC's Good Morning America.
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Ann Northrop was then recruited by George Merlis to CBS News in 1982.
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For five years, Northrop was a producer for the CBS Morning News, planning, coordinating and executing the program on a daily basis.
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Ann Northrop worked with the show's hosts, including Diane Sawyer, Bill Kurtis, Forrest Sawyer, Maria Shriver, Phyllis George, Charlie Rose and Meredith Vieira.
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In 1987, Ann Northrop resigned her position at CBS, seeking a change.
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Ann Northrop chose to become an AIDS and homosexuality educator for New York City's Hetrick-Martin Institute for Lesbian and Gay Youth, working for them for four years.
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In 1992, Ann Northrop was the only openly lesbian or gay individual in the New York delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
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Ann Northrop was a board member of the Gay Games for four years.
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Ann Northrop serves on the board of advisors for the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies, a gay think tank which she helped found.
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Ann Northrop helped found the Lesbian and Gay Alumnae Association of Vassar College.
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Ann Northrop was a columnist for QW, a short-lived New York City gay magazine, and for LGNY, a NYC gay newspaper, from 1994 until 1998.
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In 1996, Ann Northrop became a co-host of the television news program Gay USA.
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Ann Northrop was a demonstrator against the Vietnam War and became involved with the developing feminist movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Ann Northrop was arrested approximately two dozen times for civil disobedience while participating in the group's direct action demonstrations.
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In December 1989, Ann Northrop participated in ACT UP's "Stop the Church" protest at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City by lying in the center aisle.
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Ann Northrop trained fellow activists on how to interact with news media and reporters.
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Ann Northrop came out as a lesbian when she was about 28, working for Ms.