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Patsy Lynch (born July 21, 1953) is an American photographer. Her work documents GLBT civil rights advocacy.
Lynch grew up inWashington, D.C.She graduated fromElon University, where she was co-editor of the college newspaper,[1] and fromGallaudet University.
She has covered such events as the 1979National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, and the 1988Deaf President Now protests at Gallaudet.[2]
Her LGBT advocacy includes being a founding member of the Washington, D.C., chapter of theNational Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, as well as covering theWhite House, the first openly gay journalist to do so.
Her photography appeared in a 2007 exhibit by the Rainbow History Project called "Community Pioneers",[3] of which she said:
I want to document what's going on so that years from now someone can say 'This happened.' Too much of gay and lesbian history has already been lost.[4]
Her work is in the collection of theSmithsonian Museum of American History.[5][6]
