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- Birth nameMichael Leo Denneny
- Michael Denneny was born on March 2, 1943 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. He died on April 12, 2023 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- He graduated from the University of Chicago with a bachelor's degree in history. He did graduate work with the school's Committee on Social Thought, where he studied under philosopher Hannah Arendt and received a master's degree.
- At St. Martin's Press, he oversaw Stonewall Inn Editions, which he started in 1987 as the first gay imprint at a major publishing house.
- The first openly gay editor at a major publishing house.
- Co-founder and early co-editor of Christopher Street magazine in 1976.
- Wrote three books - "Lovers: The Story Of Two Men" (Avon Books, 1979); "Decent Passions" (Alyson Publications, 1984) and "On Christopher Street: Life, Sex And Death After Stonewall" (University of Chicago Press, 2023).
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