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"The Homosexual Citizen"
1966
publication of the Washington, D.C., Mattachine Society
In the 1960s, the expansion of civil rights legislation did not extend to gays. Frank Kameny, fired from a civilian army job in 1957 for being homosexual, became one of the earliest gay rights advocates in the country. Modeling the tactics of groups such as the NAACP, he founded Washington's Mattachine Society, the first organization to aggressively seek equal rights for gays and lesbians. |