Arthur Bell

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Taken from New York Public Library Archives describing Bell and his collection of papers left to the Library. Also, something to keep in mind, some of the hits attributed to "Arthur Bell" refer to Arthur Bell (martyr) (1590–1643), Franciscan and English martyr. This specific page refers to Arthur Bell the writer, journalist & gay rights activist, not the Franciscan martyr. There are 13 hits listed but only 2 of them are written by this author, Kings Don't Mean a Thing and Dancing the Gay Lib Blues, the others are by the Franciscan. Arthur Bell (1939-1984) was a writer, journalist, and gay rights activist who lived in New York City. Bell was born in Brooklyn to Samuel Bell, a manufacturer of children's clothing, and, Claire Bodan Bell, a designer. When Bell was in junior high school the family moved to Montreal. Bell returned to New York City in 1960 and found a job writing jacket copy for children's books. He soon became director of publicity for children's books at Viking Press, later leaving Viking Press to work at Random House. Joining the struggle for gay rights, he was one of the twelve founders of the Gay Activists Alliance in 1969 and served for a time as chairman of its publicity committee, often using the pseudonym 'Arthur Irving.' In 1970, he left Random House to write full time, after accepting an offer by Simon & Schuster to write a book about his experiences in the gay liberation movement. This book, Dancing the Gay Lib Blues: A Year in the Gay Liberation Movemen

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