Jay Blotcher

Who is Jay Blotcher?

Jay Blotcher documented the lives of gays and lesbians in his work as a journalist, writer, publicist, film producer, and activist. Blotcher's interest in gay activism began early; in 1980, he profiled Syracuse University's Gay Student Association in a pair of articles for his college newspaper, The Daily Orange and college magazine Report.

Blotcher moved to New York City in May, 1982 and began writing for Christopher Street and The New York Native, two publications for the New York City gay community. He was also associate producer for "Our Time," a 13-week TV series on metropolitan gay life, executive-produced and hosted by activist-author-film historian Vito Russo. In 1990, Blotcher and friend Alan Klein co-founded Public Impact Media Consultants, a PR firm devoted to promoting organizations representing gay, AIDS-related and progressive agendas. The organization served many not-for-profits from 1991-1994. That same decade, Blotcher handled publicity for The American Foundation for AIDS Research, Michelangelo Signorile, gay authors, the PBS TV show "In the Life," and other grassroots organizations, gay artists, musicians and authors. He was also a founding member and Media Coordinator for Queer Nation/New York and the executive producer of the Anti-Violence Campaign.