Boston University (1982) and Harvard Law (1985). Gorton died suddenly on December 24, 2022 while visiting family in Belzoni, Mississippi. Works Direct from the Field: A Guide to Bullying Prevention (co-author with Laura Parker-Roerden and David Rudewick), published by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in 2008. "The Origins of Anti-Sodomy Laws, Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review 10 (1998). "Gay Rights in the Clash of Civilizations" (Essay), The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide (ISSN 1532-1118) Vol. 9, Iss. 1 (2002-01-01) "Timing of Henry VIII's sodomy law matters", The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide (ISSN 1532-1118)Vol. 11, Iss. 1 (2004-01-01) "What really happened at the Stonewall Inn?", The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide (ISSN 1532-1118), Vol. 11, Iss. 6 (2004-11-01) "A Literature of Hope for GLBT Youth," The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Vol. 12, Iss. 6 (2005-11-01) "The Hate Crime", The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide (ISSN 1532-1118) Vol. 13, Iss. 3 (2006-05-01) "Why Stonewall Matters After Forty Years," The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Vol. 16, Iss. 4 (2009-07-01) "Maurice and Gay Liberation," The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Vol. 16, Iss. 6 (2009-11-01) "Anti-Transgender Hate Crimes: The Challenge for Law Enforcement," The Anti-Violence Project of Massachusetts 2011 "How 'It Gets Better' Is Making It Better," The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide Vol. 18 Iss. 5 (2011-9-1) See also List of LGBT jurists in the United States References Levin, J. and McDevitt, J., Hate Crimes Revisited: America's War Against Those Who Are Different (Westview Press, 2002). The Executive Order is available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080807210938/http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/ExecOrders/eo401.pdf Additional background is available at http://www.cga.ct.gov/ps99/rpt/olr/htm/99-r-1013.htm National Crime Prevention Council, https://web.archive.org/web/20081023185429/http://www.ncpc.org/topics/hate-bias/strategies/strategy-educating-the-public-about-hate-crimes/ Archives of the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Political Alliance of Massachusetts available at http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/collect/findaids/m91find.htm Political writings archived at http://www.jointheimpactma.com "Boston Pride's Grand Marshals Have Been Chosen," Bay Windows May 5, 2010 "Anti-Transgender Violence: The Challenge for Law Enforcement," The Anti-Violence Project of Massachusetts 2011/Published at Academia.edu. Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Coalition to Ban Conversion Therapy for Minors, advocates for passage of Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2019: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2019/Chapter8 External links New England Blade: Article - July 19, 2006 1960 births 2022 deaths 21st-century LGBT people American gay men Boston University College of Arts and Sciences alumni Harvard Law School alumni Lawyers from Boston LGBT appointed officials in the United States LGBT judges LGBT lawyers Massachusetts state court judges People from Belzoni, Mississippi People from Humphreys County, Mississippi