Frank Kameny

Pride in Pictures before 1970: A radical message that eventually goes mainstream

Long before Stonewall, some brave people showed their Pride.

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Coming out from behind the lens: How one lesbian’s photos captured the rise of gay rights

Kay Lahusen was the first photojournalist of the LGBTQ movement and she helped to document the earliest protests for homosexual rights.

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Did you know there is an outdoor museum of LGBTQ history?

Chicago's Legacy Walk teaches our history in a unique and fascinating manner.

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Stonewall Strong: When ‘gay liberation’ was freedom from fear

The gay activists who converged on Washington on Dec. 15, 1973, were the first group of patients in history to insist that they were not sick.

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How homosexuality stopped being a disease

In 1971, activists stormed into the annual American Psychiatric Association conference and literally declared war. By 1973, the APA had surrendered.

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Library of Congress acquires activist’s vast collection of gay rights memorabilia

WASHINGTON -- The Library of Congress has acquired the papers, photographs, films and memorabilia of gay rights pioneer Lilli Vincenz, the nation's largest library announced Thursday.

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Philadelphia honors LGBT rights pioneer at street naming ceremony

PHILADELPHIA -- A street naming dedication ceremony for Barbara Gittings Way -- named for the LGBT civil rights pioneer -- was held Monday in the heart of Philadelphia's gay neighborhood at the intersection of Locust and…

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Asteroid named after gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny

Minor planet 40463, an asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter, has been named after gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny.

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Remembering Stonewall: Why LGBT pride can now be celebrated openly

NEW YORK -- In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, uniformed and plain-clothed New York City police officers raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular Greenwich Village gay bar on Christopher Street.

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Washington pays tribute to gay civil rights icon Dr. Frank Kameny

In a moving, and at times humorous tribute, official Washington and the city's LGBTQ community on Thursday paid its last respects to gay civil rights icon Dr. Frank Kameny. The ceremony was held in Washington's old…

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