1. Jon-Marc McDonald was born on September 20,1976 and is an American-born writer, playwright, political campaign manager and political activist.
19 Facts About Jon-Marc McDonald
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On May 27,2016, Jon-Marc McDonald presented his paper, "Relatively Conscious: the Enduring Rage of Baldwin and the Education of a White Southern Baptist Queer," as well as chaired a panel discussion entitled "Baldwin's Rage and Ethics" at the annual International James Baldwin Conference in Paris, France.
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Jon-Marc McDonald is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University.
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Jon-Marc McDonald was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Lyn and John Jon-Marc McDonald.
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Jon-Marc McDonald attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he majored in history.
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Jon-Marc McDonald was the president of his freshman class, an electoral commissions member and served as a representative on the student government.
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Jon-Marc McDonald dropped out of Baylor before returning years later to complete his degree at Empire State College.
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At ESC, Jon-Marc McDonald served for two years as an editor for the school's literary and arts journal.
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Jon-Marc McDonald is a current graduate student in the creative nonfiction writing program at Columbia University.
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At the age of 21, Jon-Marc McDonald resigned from the 1998 United States congressional campaign of Brian Babin, Republican candidate of Texas's 2nd district.
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Jon-Marc McDonald generated further press coverage when he stated in an interview after his resignation that Babin thought "homosexuals should be shot", a claim Babin adamantly denied.
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In some press reports, Babin claimed that Jon-Marc McDonald was not the campaign manager, but instead a "volunteer coordinator", a paid position.
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An article by Hastings Wyman of the Southern Political Report suggested that Jon-Marc McDonald was forced to resign by the local media threatening to "out" him.
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On September 8,2001 Jon-Marc McDonald produced a fashion show featuring Hong Kong designers at New York Fashion Week for the HKTDC.
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On January 7,2011 McDonald posted that he would lead the publicity and marketing efforts on behalf of friend Michael J La Rue and the estate of Rue McClanahan for ten auctions to be held throughout the United States to sell McClanahan's belongings as, according to McDonald, was McClanahan's wish.
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On May 27,2016, Jon-Marc McDonald presented his paper, "Relatively Conscious: the Enduring Rage of Baldwin and the Education of a White Southern Baptist Queer," as well as chaired a panel discussion entitled "Baldwin's Rage and Ethics" at the annual International James Baldwin Conference in Paris, France.
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In late December 2008 Jon-Marc McDonald began a series entitled Angels I Don't See on his blog, Screaming From the Rooftop.
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Jon-Marc McDonald learned of his partners status on Christmas Eve, 2008 while at his partner's bedside at the hospital, a revelation that his partner kept from Jon-Marc McDonald for many months.
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Jon-Marc McDonald wrote of the sudden and rapid deterioration of his partner that he was "watching the love of [his] life waste away from the plague in the supposed non-plague years".