Dr. John E. Fryer, a psychiatrist who, while wearing a mask, electrified his colleagues by telling the 1972 convention of the American Psychiatric Association that he was a homosexual at a time when ...

It looked like a scene from a vintage Halloween flick. A hulking 6’4 figure in a baggy tuxedo sat center stage, a partially melted rubber Nixon mask obscuring his wide face. He’d appeared on the dais ...

It had to have been a surreal scene. A standing-room only audience packed the hall at the 1972 Dallas conference of the American Psychiatric Association, watching a man dressed in what many remember ...

GLOUCESTER – John “Jack” Fryer, Jr., passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 10, 2015 at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. Jack was born in Lisburn, Ireland on July 2, 1937. When he was 9 years old ...

Helen C. Fryer, 95, of Gilbertsville, passed away Saturday, June 1st. She was the widow of John Fryer, who predeceased her in 1998. She is survived by a son, Dennis C. Fryer . Arrangements entrusted ...

Dr. John Fryer, right, wore a mask and disguised his voice when participated in a homosexuality panel at the American Psychiatric Association's annual convention in 1972. Photo: Kay Lahusen It had to ...