Jim Toy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jim Toy

LGBT activist and educator

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1930

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: LGBT rights activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

James W.
Toy (born April 29, 1930 in New York City) is a long-time LGBT activist, considered a pioneer among LGBT activists in Michigan. Toy earned his B.A.
at Denison University in 1951.
He graduated with a master's degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Michigan and served as a pro bono counselor and therapist.
Toy underwent bureaucratic retirement in 2008 from the University of Michigan as the diversity coordinator in the Office of Institutional Equity.
He was awarded the Alumni Citation, Denison's highest alumni honor, in June 2001, and was featured as an early LGBT alumnus in an article on the college's LGBTQ history in 2013.