Joe Acanfora, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJoe Acanfora
American educator
Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1950
Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Profession: LGBT rights activist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Joe Acanfora
- Joe Acanfora (born July 6, 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American educator and activist.
- Acanfora, who is openly gay, fought to become an earth science teacher in the public schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the early 1970s.
- His fight between 1971 and 1974 over a series of transfers and dismissals by authorities from his public school teaching assignments based upon his acknowledged homosexuality involved litigation through the federal court system; expert witness court testimony on the effect of an openly gay teacher on his students; extensive media coverage, including an appearance on CBS 60 Minutes; a "morality investigation" by the Penn State University Teacher Certification Council; and active participation of his parents in the public debate.
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