A. Damien Martin

A. Damien Martin (December 2, 1933{{Cite web |title=A. Damien Martin - Ancestry.com |url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/bmd_death/?name=A.+Damien_Martin&birth=1933-12&death=1991-8_new+york-usa_35&gender=m&location=2&name_x=ps_ps&priority=usa |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.ancestry.com}} – August 15, 1991) was one of the founders of the Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), originally known as the Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth (IPLGY).{{cite web |title=Out and About: LGBTQ Life in NYC |url=https://www.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/page-assets/let-freedom-ring/Out-and-About-LGBTQ-Life-in-NYC-Calendar-2019-5.pdf |website=LaGuardia Community College |access-date=20 December 2022}} The Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) founded the Harvey Milk High School in New York City.{{cite web |title=Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth |url=https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/institute-for-the-protection-of-lesbian-and-gay-youth-iplgy/ |website=NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project |access-date=20 December 2022}} Martin was a psychiatrist{{cite magazine |id={{ProQuest|2371024240}} |last1=Ocean |first1=Justin |title=HOW TIME FLIES: NYC YOUTH CENTER HITS 30 |magazine=The Advocate |issue=1027/1028 |date=June 2009 |page=22 }} and taught speech pathology at the NYU School of Education.{{cite news |title=A. Damien Martin, 57, A Gay Rights Advocate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/18/obituaries/a-damien-martin-57-a-gay-rights-advocate.html |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 1991 }}

Martin was a member of the Governor's Task Force on Teenage Suicide, Child Welfare League of America, The New York City Task Force on AIDS, and the NYC Board of Education Multicultural Advisory Committee.