Reed Erickson (1917-1992) was a transsexual man best known for his philanthropy.
In 1964 he launched the Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF), a nonprofit philanthropic organization funded and controlled entirely by Erickson himself. The Erickson Educational Foundation's stated goals were "to provide assistance and support in areas where human potential was limited by adverse physical, mental or social conditions, or where the scope of research was too new, controversial or imaginative to receive traditionally oriented support." Through the EEF Erickson contributed millions of dollars to the early development of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer movements between 1964 and 1984.
Read more about Reed Erickson: Early Life, Engineering, Transsexuality, Personal Life, Death, The Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF)
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