Jim Fouratt was born on June 23,1941 and is a gay-rights activist, actor, and former nightclub impresario.
18 Facts About Jim Fouratt
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Jim Fouratt is best known for his involvement with the Stonewall riots and as co-founder of Danceteria in New York City.
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Jim Fouratt took up political activism more seriously in 1965, after being arrested in Times Square at America's first Anti-Vietnam war demonstration.
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Jim Fouratt was active in ACT UP, serving on the media committee with Michael Signorile and Jay Blotcher.
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In 2009, Jim Fouratt took part in the Democratic primary against City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
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In 2016, Jim Fouratt ran for State Assembly but lost to Deborah Glick.
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Jim Fouratt is a member of the Village Independent Democrats club.
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In 1969 Jim Fouratt worked as an assistant to Clive Davis.
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In November 1980, Pieper and Jim Fouratt had prepared to open the New Peppermint Lounge night club, but were pushed out by Frank Roccio and Tom Goodkind.
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In June 1982, Pieper and Jim Fouratt became embroiled in a legal battle, and Jim Fouratt was pushed out.
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Jim Fouratt has been pop culture critic for Billboard and Rolling Stone and a contributing editor at Spin.
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Jim Fouratt studied for seven years with Lee Strasberg in the early 1960s.
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Jim Fouratt was a member of the Open Theater, and performed at Cafe Cino and La MaMa.
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Jim Fouratt joined Actors Equity and made his Broadway debut in The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake.
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Jim Fouratt worked with the National Shakespeare Theatre in Cambridge.
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In 1969, Jim Fouratt asked his lover Peter Hujar to take a photograph for a Gay Liberation Front recruitment poster.
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Hujar's boyfriend at the time, Jim Fouratt, arrived on the scene to organize for the Gay Liberation Front, the first political group to cite homosexuality in its name.
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Jim Fouratt previously lived with Carl Miller, Allen Young, and Giles Kotcher in the Seventeenth Street commune.