Jim Fouratt
| Jim Fouratt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 June 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Gay activist, entertainer |
| Known for | Gay activism |
Jim Fouratt (23 June 1945?- ) is active in the entertainment industry and gay rights.
Life and works
Jim Fouratt was an early member of the Gay Liberation Front[1][2] and a participant in the Stonewall riots.[3][4] Fouratt lived with Carl Miller, Allen Young, and Giles Kotcher in the Seventeenth Street commune.[5][6] He became the manager for the club Hurrah in 1978 and brought in DJs to create the first "Rock Disco," with music videos playing as well as live music acts.[7] In 1980 he opened Danceteria with Rudolf Pieper. He has also been a writer for Billboard magazine,[8] where he has been an outspoken critic of rappers such as Eminem. In the late 1990s Fouratt attempted to launch Beauty Records, a recording imprint funded by Mercury Records' Danny Goldberg, but that project was short-circuited when Mercury's parent corporation, Polygram, was bought out by Seagrams, and Fouratt's acts were let go.[citation needed]
Fouratt has also been an outspoken critic of transgender identities and transsexualism. He believes that transgender surgeries constitute "mutilation", that gender transitioning is akin to anti-gay reparative therapy,[9] and that transgender identity reinforces gender stereotypes.[10]
References
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