Frank Kameny
American activist
Franklin Edward Kameny was an American gay rights activist. He has been referred to as "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement. Wikipedia
Born: May 21, 1925, New York, NY
Died: October 11, 2011 (age 86 years), Washington, D.C.
Known for: Gay rights activist; Fired for being gay by the U.S. Civil Service Commission; Co-founder of the Mattachine Society
Organization founded: Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance
Nationality: American
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Franklin Edward Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist. He has been referred to as "one of the most significant ...
Jun 22, 2020 · A newspaper finally identified Kameny as homosexual in 1963, after he became the first openly gay man to testify before Congress. The testimony ...
Frank Kameny, a Harvard Ph.D., who was working for the U.S. Army Map Service. While Sputnik was orbiting the Earth, Kameny – who was openly gay/closeted at the ...
"The person who really needs the psychotherapy (...) is not the homosexual youngster who gets dragged to the psychiatrist's office by his mother, ...
Queens native Frank Kameny (Franklin E. Kameny; 1925-2011) is considered one of the country's most significant gay rights pioneers whose activism transformed ...
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Jun 3, 2019 · Kameny, one of the fathers of the LGBTQ rights movement, started fighting for gay rights more than a decade before the 1969 Stonewall ...
The founder of the Mattachine Society of Washington, he is considered one of the founding fathers of the gay rights movement. In addition to his Veterans ...
Jun 2, 2021 · In August 1962, Kameny sent another letter to the President, arguing that homophobic employment policies were “inexcusably and unnecessarily ...
The award was created to honor the memory of Frank Kameny, a tireless advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and the only recipient of the LGBTQ+ Bar's Dan Bradley ...