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'''David Thorstad''' (born 1941), is a United States communist, homosexual "rights" activist, pederast and historian of the [[gay rights movement]]. In the early 1970s, Thorstad was president of the Gay Activists Alliance in New York. He was also a member of the Socialist Workers' Party, a  Trotskyist group, for more than six years, and a staff writer for its newspaper, ''The Militant''. He left the SWP in December 1973, citing the organization's lack of enthusiasm for the “gay” liberation movement and failure to develop a “Marxist materialist analysis” of it. In 1976 he self-published a collection of internal party documents relating to its discussion of the “gay” liberation movement, under the title ''Gay Liberation and Socialism: Documents from the Discussions on Gay Liberation Inside the Socialist Workers Party (1970-1973)''.  

'''David Thorstad''' (born 1941), is a United States communist, atheist, homosexual "rights" activist, pederast and historian of the [[gay rights movement]].<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/100822</ref> In the early 1970s, Thorstad was president of the Gay Activists Alliance in New York. He was also a member of the Socialist Workers' Party, a  Trotskyist group, for more than six years, and a staff writer for its newspaper, ''The Militant''. He left the SWP in December 1973, citing the organization's lack of enthusiasm for the “gay” liberation movement and failure to develop a “Marxist materialist analysis” of it. In 1976 he self-published a collection of internal party documents relating to its discussion of the “gay” liberation movement, under the title ''Gay Liberation and Socialism: Documents from the Discussions on Gay Liberation Inside the Socialist Workers Party (1970-1973)''.  

In June 1973 Thorstad and John Lauritsen published "The Early Homosexual Rights Movement (1864-1935)," a historical survey in the SWP internal Discussion Bulletin which showed that the "gay" liberation movement had a long history, particularly in Germany. This was expanded the next year into a book published by Times Change Press, New York.

In June 1973 Thorstad and John Lauritsen published "The Early Homosexual Rights Movement (1864-1935)," a historical survey in the SWP internal Discussion Bulletin which showed that the "gay" liberation movement had a long history, particularly in Germany. This was expanded the next year into a book published by Times Change Press, New York.