46 Years Ago Today: First Lesbian & Gay Protest at the White House

Dan82 · Apr 18, 2011

http://gaysoup.com/blog/2011/04/18/46-years-ago-today-first-lesbian-gay-protest-at-the-white-house/

How far we have not come.

1965-gay-Picket.PNGIn 1957, Dr. Frank Kameny, along with gay rights pioneer Jack Nichols, co-founded the Mattachine Society of Washington, one of the first gay rights organizations in the United States. The Mattachine Society fought for equal treatment of gay employees in the federal government, the repeal of sodomy laws, and the removal of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the American Psychiatric Association's manual of mental disorders.

On this day, 46 years ago, April 17, 1965, Kameny and Nichols, the Mattachine Society and along with members of the Daughters of Bilitis, launched the first gay and lesbian protest in front of the White House...

http://gaysoup.com/blog/2011/04/18/46-years-ago-today-first-lesbian-gay-protest-at-the-white-house/
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46 Years Ago Today: First Lesbian & Gay Protest at the White House

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