Mugshot of John Wojtowicz who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for robbing a bank in order to fund his partners sex change. August 23rd 1972, New York
via reddit
the only good lgbt ally
also when they made dog day afternoon and bought the rights to his story he used the money to help fund edens surgery so he ended up able to help after all (after serving six years in prison for the heist)
other great facts:
– he based his bank robbery plan off The Godfather and Al Pacino ended up playing him and John Cazale played his accomplice
– referred to himself as ‘the gay Babe Ruth’
– when he got out of jail he applied for a job as a security guard at the same bank with a T-shirt that said ‘I robbed this bank’ and put Al Pacino down as a reference
– the robbery attempt was broadcast on TV and a crowd of LGBTQ activists came to cheer him on