Reverend Troy D. Perry and Reverend Sky Anderson posing together. They are dressed in suits and ties. Written on verso of photograph: Rev. Troy Perry and Rev. Sky Anderson. Perry's visit to San Jose. (1985)." "...Reverend Troy D. Perry founded the United Fellowship Metropolitan Community Church (UFMCC) in 1968." From Ted Sahl, "From closet to community: a quest for gay & lesbian liberation in San Jose & Santa Clara County," (2002), p.103. Sky Anderson was pastor of UFMCC in San Jose from 1979 to 1982. He was also active with the "No on 6" campaigners. Proposition 6 was an anti-gay school initiative introduced by Senator John Briggs. From Ted Sahl, "From closet to community: a quest for gay & lesbian liberation in San Jose & Santa Clara County," (2002), p.105 Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
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