Bob Kohler, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Bob Kohler

American activist

Date of Birth: 17-May-1926

Date of Death: 05-Dec-2007

Profession: LGBT rights activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Robert Andrew "Bob" Kohler (17 May 1926 – 5 December 2007) was a gay rights pioneer.
A native of Queens, New York, Kohler was a lifetime activist in New York City, who also fought for the rights of many other people and animals.
He was at the Stonewall riots, and considered a father figure to many of the young trans people, such as Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P.
Johnson, as well as to younger generations of activists. Kohler served in the U.
S.
Navy in the South Pacific Theater during World War II, was the manager of the New York gay bathhouse, Club Baths, was among the first agents to represent non-famous Black artists, owner of the popular gay store The Loft on Christopher Street, and a lifelong activist.He died of lung cancer on December 5, 2007, at the age of 81, in the Charles Street (West Village) apartment that he had lived in for 45 years.