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Frank Kameny

Description:
Frank Kameny was an early LGBTQ activist. After being fired from his job in the Army Map Service in 1957 for being a homosexual, he sued and lost. Kameny then became an activist and went on to found the Mattachine Society of Washington, DC.
Exhibit Tags:
frank kameny, employment, gay rights, activist, and photographs