Adele Starr (February 10, 1920 - December 10, 2010) organized the Los Angeles chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays in 1976.[1]
Ida Seltzer, later Adele Starr, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 10, 1920, the daughter of an accountant and a homemaker.[2]
Adele Starr, at the time in Brentwood, California and a mother of five, became an activist for gay rights and marriage equality in 1974 after her second son, Philip Starr, told her he was gay.[2]
Los Angeles P-FLAG, founded in 1976, received more than 7,500 letters requesting information. Every letter was answered by a member of the chapter.[2]
In 1981, members decided to launch a national organization. The first PFLAG office was established in Los Angeles under founding president Adele Starr, who remained president until 1986.[3]
She died on December 10, 2010, at 90 years old.[2]