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Frank Kameny, We'll Miss You

By Beth Carpenter, October 13, 2011 10:51 AM

"When we initiated gay activism and militancy, in Washington, DC, in 1961, we were faced with a massive assault of unrelieved negativism which obstructed the achievement of the equality and basic dignity to which we were entitled and which was and remains our goal. We were allegedly criminal, sinful, and mentally and emotionally sick and disordered." Frank Kameny, in 2003.

Kameny passed away on Tuesday at 86. Read more about him here.

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