 Panzi also served as the Executive Secretary on the International Court Council, which oversees over 70 local Imperial Courts in the United States, Canada and Mexico from 1997 to 2007.In August 2007 he was elected President of the Council at the Hamilton-Wentworth, Canada meeting of the International Court Council.Since the early 1970s, Thom (Panzi) has been a LGBT activist with various organizations including the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (known as Heritage of Pride today); GMHC and the Arts Project of Cherry Grove.