In 1972, Morty was punched, kicked and thrown down an escalator during a gay rights protest at the New York City Hilton Hotel. Watching the attacks on the evening TV news was Morty’s mother Jeanne Manford. She was outraged that police officers appeared to ignore the assault. Following this Jeanne wrote a letter to the New York Post, with one sentence that jumped out. “My son is a homosexual and I love him.” Tom Owens writes: Manford’s son invited her to march with him in the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in June 1972. She agreed, accompanying him to the parade … Continue reading ‘I loved him. He was my son.’ A mother’s love for her gay son honoured 40 years later.