After 12 years, The Alliance is still fighting for LGBT rights in the courts
Growing up with two politically connected parents led Marc Levine to become an active member of society himself at a young age. He helped to create the Newkirk Area Neighborhood Association where he volunteered so much of his time that people thought it was his full-time job and they assumed that he would eventually run for office.
A sexual harassment complaint changed all of that and put Levine on a path which would eventually lead him to creating the Gay/Straight Alliance of the New York State Justice System.
“I was one of those crazy over-involved people,” Levine said. “Then all of a sudden, I was forced to come out because I had this crazy accusation against me and, quite frankly, it changed my life. It took me three years to regroup from that, but afterward it led me to create The Alliance.”