The Banner Project (shown left) naturally has one dedicated to the founding of The Caucus, but the photos used, unfortunately show none of the founders, and instead some early leaders. We do not have a group shot of the four founders.

The South's oldest GLBT civil rights organization, the Caucus, was founded in June 1975 by

Pokey Anderson,
Bill Buie, (on upper step, behind the woman)
Hugh Crell, b&w pic, and
Keith McGee
Links are for their obituaries

And, below THIS is the photo normally shown when the story is told.
But it was NOT of the founders, but of those speaking at a press conference

The Pride Program of 1980 accurately describes it...

Newspaper coverage in two other papers, the (now defunct) Houston Post, and the U of H Daily Cougar,
give about the same information. They do not come out and say the four in the Chronicle photo were the founders,
but...as they say, a photo takes the place of reading a thousand words. And it is easier to jump to that conclusion.

I am fortunate to be in contact with Pokey Anderson and asked her about the photo and article.

1/14/22. Okay, so the question you asked several weeks ago was, how did the (1975) photo with Rev. Bob Falls, Ray Hill, Jerry Miller, and Pokey Anderson come about?

After the founding of the Gay Political Caucus in June 1975, there was a move to make an announcement of not just the GPC but of several of our gay organizations in Houston.

Ray Hill was probably the moving force in wanting the publicity and making it happen.

Four organizations would be highlighted -- Metropolitan Community Church, the Media Monitoring project of Ray Hill's (which was new to me), the new Gay Political Caucus, and I believe Jerry Miller was representing Integrity-Houston.

Press releases were sent out. The press conference location was the MCC storefront on Waugh (2020 Waugh). It was a bare-bones type of setting. I remember that a lesbian friend of mine bicycled over, to be in the small audience.

The four of us took turns introducing our organizations. We took questions. And, the Houston Chronicle was there.

When Ray Hill went to introduce me as the representative of the Gay Political Caucus, he stumbled on the name. I still have the tape. I have played it for a few folks, to help them understand that although Ray was AT the first public announcement of the new Gay Political Caucus, he had nothing to do with the founding of it and indeed stumbled on the name of the group.

Anyway, there was a story in the Chronicle, Sunday, July 13, 1975. It was botched in some notable ways, such as misspelling the word "Homosexuals" more than once in the article. Also, they sort of muddled together the groups and their purposes. But, give them credit, they invited the four of us to come to their office and answer more questions, and get a photo taken ... and, it was a good photo.

As for a photo of Keith McGee, Bill Buie, Hugh Crell, and me, as co-founders of GPC, I don't remember one ever being taken. That's the sort of thing I would've kept for sure if I knew of one. Too bad we can't go back in time and take that photo. Well, and look back at it in pride, too.\