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Marcia M. Gallo is the author of numerous essays and book chapters on LGBTQ and other social movements as well as two prize-winning books: (Carroll & Graf, 2006; Seal Press, 2007) and (Cornell University Press 2015).

She was the Field Director for the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Northern California from 1981 to 1995. Working with a team of volunteer activists, she mobilized ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥-NC members, complementing the work of ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s attorneys and lobbyists. She also was the founding director of the Howard A. Friedman First Amendment Education Project, which brought high school students and teachers into active involvement with the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥-NC on a variety of issues.

After moving to New York and completing the doctoral program in American history at the City University of New York Graduate Center, she taught at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York before joining the faculty of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She retired from UNLV in June 2020 and returned to New York where she continues to write, lecture, and organize.