Frank Kameny
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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.
Page from Petition for Writ of Certiorari – Number 676 – Kameny v. Brucker, National Archives
Letter from Kameny to President Kennedy, JFK Library
Kameny in front of signs used during protests. June 2009
DC Statehood advocates Hector Rodriguez and Frank Kameny at the Palisades neighborhoods' annual July 4 parade, 2011. Photo by Ann Loikow.
Lavender Scare
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The Lavender Scare was a moral panic about homosexual people in the United States government which led to their mass dismissal from government service during the mid-20th century. It contributed to an
Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn during the Army–McCarthy hearings