Karla Jay was born on February 22,1947 and is a distinguished professor emerita at Pace University, where she taught English and directed the women's and gender studies program between 1974 and 2009.
10 Facts About Karla Jay
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Karla Jay, who had been aware of her lesbianism since high school, came out to her consciousness-raising group in Redstockings.
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At around the same time she began using the name Karla Jay to reflect her feminist principles.
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Karla Jay was one of the few women actively involved in the early gay rights movement on both coasts.
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Karla Jay was a member of Lavender Menace, a group that formed to protest the exclusion of lesbians from mainstream Women's Liberation.
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Karla Jay was involved in the planning and execution of the "Lavender Menace Zap" at the Second Congress to Unite Women in New York City in May 1970.
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Karla Jay contributed the essay "Confessions of a Worrywart: Ruminations on a Lesbian Feminist Overview" to the anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium, edited by Robin Morgan.
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At the presentation of Pace University's 10th Annual Dyson Distinguished Achievement Awards on April 6,2006, Karla Jay was honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award.
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Karla Jay received the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement from Publishing Triangle in 2006.
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Karla Jay is featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.