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Gay Is Good: The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny

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Contrary to popular notions, today’s LGBT movement did not begin with the Stonewall riots in 1969. Long before Stonewall, there was Franklin Kameny , one of the most significant figures in the gay rights movement. Beginning in 1958, he encouraged gay people to embrace homosexuality as moral and healthy, publicly denounced the federal government for excluding homosexuals from federal employment, openly fought the military’s ban against gay men and women, debated psychiatrists who depicted homosexuality as a mental disorder, identified test cases to advance civil liberties through the federal courts, acted as counsel to countless homosexuals suffering state-sanctioned discrimination, and organized marches for gay rights at the White House and other public institutions. In Gay Is Good, Long collects Kameny’s historically rich letters, revealing some of the early stirrings of today’s politically powerful LGBT movement.

Language: English

Pages: 344

Format: ebook

Release: November 26, 2014

ISBN 13: 9780815610434

Gay Is Good: The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny

Michael G. Long

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Language: English

Pages: 344

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Release: November 26, 2014

ISBN 13: 9780815610434

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Gay Is Good: The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny

Gay Is Good: The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny

Gay Is Good: The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny

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