While earning his Master's, Russo also worked with the film departments at a Gay Community Center and New York's Museum of Modern Art. Russo obtained his undergraduate degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and earned his Master's in film at New York University.
After witnessing the Stonewall riot in 1969 and hearing about another raid the following year, Russo became avidly involved in the emerging Gay Activists Alliance. Growing up, Russo was disturbed by the stereotypical portrayals of gay people in media. Vito Russo was born 1946 in Italian Harlem (East Harlem), Manhattan. In 1985, he co-founded the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a media watchdog organization that strives to end anti-LGBT rhetoric, and advocates for LGBT inclusion in popular media. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet (1981, revised edition 1987), described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry.
Vito Russo (J– November 7, 1990) was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author.
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