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Dr Mary McIntosh (1936–2013) was a sociologist, specialising in gay and feminist issues. She was an active member of GLF in the early 1970s, and worked for other radical organisations.^[1]

She was a prominent second-wave feminist, a founder member of the modern lesbian and gay movement in the UK, and one of the most influential feminist sociologists between the 1960s and 90s.^[2]

Her publications include "The Homosexual Role" in Social Problems, Vol 16, No 2. (Autumn, 1968), published by the University of California Press.^[3]

Mary McIntosh's papers are held at the Hall-Carpenter Archives.

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References

1. ↑ http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=3788&inst_id=1
2. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jan/24/mary-mcintosh Obituary by Ken Plummer in The Guardian, 24 January 2013
3. ↑ http://www.csun.edu/~snk1966/McIntosh%20-%20The%20Homosexual%20Role.pdf