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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 13th Streets.
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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 Carnegie Library in the heart of the city Kameny called home for over 50 years.
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Prominent gay rights leader Franklin Kameny, dies at 86
Franklin E. Kameny, one of the nation’s most prominent gay rights leaders, died in his home today from an apparent natural causes. He was 86.
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Activist Frank Kameny: ‘helping our brothers and sisters’ for 40 years
Dr. Frank Kameny is one of the most significant figures in the American equality movement — he has spent nearly four decades of fighting the establishment on our behalf. And now he needs OUR help…