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World War II. When Kameny first entered college, the draft age for World War II was 21 years old—Kameny was five years too young. However, in November 1942, when Kameny was a sophomore in college, Congress lowered the draft age to 18, in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor the previous December.
Oct 14, 2011 · On hearing the news that pioneering gay rights activist Frank Kameny died on Tuesday at 86 years of age, I started digging through some of his papers—neatly digitized by the Kameny Papers...
Jun 22, 2020 · Frank Kameny’s crusade against discrimination began after his sexuality cost him his federal job, in the nineteen-fifties.
Frank Kameny saw combat in Europe during the war, only to return home to face discrimination from the very country he served.
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 rebellion.
Apr 7, 2012 · Frank Kameny, who died on Oct. 11, was one of those Americans of whom few may have heard but who devoted his life to furthering civil rights, most especially for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) people.
Oct 12, 2011 · Frank Kameny, who died yesterday, was one of those Americans whom few people have heard of but who spent his time on the planet making the kind of good trouble that benefitted all of us. Kameny devoted his life to furthering civil rights, most especially for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) people.
Jul 2, 2015 · Remembering Frank Kameny, the Moses of the LGBT Movement. On July 2, a party at the National Museum of American Jewish History kicks off a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the LGBT civil...
Oct 12, 2011 · Gay rights activist Frank Kameny died Oct. 11, 2011. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Frank Kameny’s little house in Northwest Washington, with its falling gutters and swaybacked sofa,...
Oct 12, 2011 · Franklin E. Kameny, a longtime champion for equality for gays, lesbians and transgendered people, died Tuesday at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 86.
