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John Mitzel

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John Mitzel was an American writer, publisher, activist, and bookstore owner who played a significant role in the LGBTQ+ movement in Boston. He was a co-founder and contributor to influential publications such as Fag Rag and Gay Community News.

He wrote The Boston Sex Scandal - the definitive work on the Boston-Boise affair, and Recipe for a witchhunt where Mitzel reviews the history of America's pedophile witchhunt.

He was an ally of MAP and mentioned having felt a strong attraction to men as a teenager.

John Mitzel died in 2013.