David Thorstad

David Thorstad
Born(1941-10-15)October 15, 1941
Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States
DiedAugust 1, 2021(2021-08-01) (aged 79)
Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Known forPro-pedophile activism with NAMBLA

David Thorstad (October 15, 1941 – August 1, 2021)[1][2] was an American political activist who co-founded or ran a number of homosexual rights groups following the Stonewall riots in 1969, including as a former president of New York's Gay Activists Alliance.[3] He later engaged in pedophilia and pederasty activism with the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), of which he was a founding member.[4]

  1. ^ Guy Hocquenghem (1980). Le Gay voyage: Guide et regard homosexuels sur les grandes métropoles. Albin Michel. ISBN 978-2-226-01040-7.
  2. ^ Osborne, Duncan (August 6, 2021). "Former Gay Activists Alliance President David Thorstad Dies at 79". Gay City News. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  3. ^ Duncan Osborne, 'Former Gay Activists Alliance President David Thorstad Dies at 79', Gay City News, 6 August 2021 [1]
  4. ^ Kennedy, Hubert (1991). "Sexual Hysteria—Then and Now". OurStories. Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California. pp. 17–18. A former president of New York's Gay Activists Alliance and a founding member of the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), Thorstad is uniquely qualified to write on this topic.