Difference between revisions of "Frank Kameny"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Fired from his job for homosexuality, he appealed to Supreme Court but lost. First civil rights court action based on sexual orientation. Became an activist for gay rights and equality. Member of a number of gay rights groups. Co-founder (with [[John Richard Nichols]], and using the name of the original group founded by [[Harry Hay]]) of the Mattachine Society. First coined the popular phrase 'Gay is Good'. | + | Fired from his job as an astronomer for the U.S. Defense Department because of his declared homosexuality, he appealed to the Supreme Court but lost. First civil rights court action based on sexual orientation. Became an activist for gay rights and equality. Member of a number of gay rights groups. Co-founder (with [[John Richard Nichols]], and using the name of the original group founded by [[Harry Hay]]) of the Mattachine Society. First coined the popular phrase 'Gay is Good'. |
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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* http://www.kamenypapers.org/ | * http://www.kamenypapers.org/ | ||
* http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/kameny_f.html | * http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/kameny_f.html | ||
| + | * https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/grandfather-gay-rights-movement-gets-his-due-deviant-s-war-n1222231 | ||
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Revision as of 12:25, 3 June 2020
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1925 - 2011
Occupation
Activist
Description
Fired from his job as an astronomer for the U.S. Defense Department because of his declared homosexuality, he appealed to the Supreme Court but lost. First civil rights court action based on sexual orientation. Became an activist for gay rights and equality. Member of a number of gay rights groups. Co-founder (with John Richard Nichols, and using the name of the original group founded by Harry Hay) of the Mattachine Society. First coined the popular phrase 'Gay is Good'.
