What is Jim Toy?
{{Infobox person | name = Jim Toy | image = JimToy-GLBT-Activist.jpg | image_size = 220 | caption = | birth_name = James W. Toy | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|04|29}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], US | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|01|01|1930|04|29}} | death_place = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], US | nationality = American | other_names = | alma_mater = Denison University<br/>[[University of Michigan]] | occupation = [[United States|US]] [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]] and [[transgender]] ([[LGBT]]) activist and educator | known_for = Gay Liberation Front, Lesbian-Gay Male Programs Office at the [[University of Michigan]], [[Episcopal Diocese of Michigan]] Commission on Homosexuality | ethnicity = }} '''James W. Toy''' (April 29, 1930 – January 1, 2022) was an American [[LGBT]] activist and educator. He was the first openly [[gay]] man in [[Michigan]]. He was a well known [[LGBTQ+]] rights activist in Michigan. He helped create LGBT offices and resources at the [[University of Michigan]] and other buildings/institutions in the state. Toy died in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] on January 1, 2022 at the age of 91.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/01/michigans-first-openly-gay-man-prominent-ann-arbor-lgbtq-activist-dies-at-91.html Michigan’s first openly gay man, prominent Ann Arbor LGBTQ activist, dies at 91]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Toy, Jim}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:American LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:Academics from Michigan]] [[Category:LGBT people from New York City]] [[Category:People from Ann Arbor, Michigan]] {{US-bio-stub}}