# Luke Montgomery

luke montgomery (born 1973/1974) is an American LGBT political activist, social media marketing activist, democratic digital strategist and viral video director. == Career == === LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism === Having come out in his teens in the early 1990s as an outspoken LGBT rights activist, Montgomery worked for equality and was part of the team that planned the 1993 LGBT March on Washington. He was the organizer of a legislative strategy conference attended by the White House Office of National AIDS Policy and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and served as an alternate voting member on the D.C. Ryan White Planning Council which allocates federal funding for HIV/AIDS care, service and preventions programs.In 1993, Montgomery appeared in national headlines and on the talk radio circuit as "Luke Sissyfag", in a PR tactic to show other LGBT teens that anti-gay slurs cannot hurt people who are proud of who they are.