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Kameny hands letter protesting gay<\/a>, lesbian<\/a> bias: 1965<\/b><\/p>\n

Washington Area Spark<\/a> posted a photo:<\/p>\n

\"Kameny<\/a><\/p>\n

Franklin Kameny of the D.C. Mattachine Society delivers a letter to the White House October 23, 1965 protesting discrimination against gay<\/a> and lesbian<\/a> people in the federal government and employment at-large.<\/p>\n

Prior to delivering the letter, two dozen gay<\/a> rights activists staged their third picket line in front of the White House in 1965.<\/p>\n

The Mattachine Society, the first homosexual rights group in the modern era in the Washington, DC area, was formed by Franklin Kameny and Jack Nichols in August 1961. <\/p>\n

On April 17, 1965, the D.C. Mattachine Society held the first organized public demonstration for gay<\/a> and lesbian<\/a> rights in front of the White House.<\/p>\n

Other early D.C. Mattachine Society picket lines took place at the US Civil Service Commission and the White House.<\/p>\n

The original Mattachine Society was formed in Los Angeles in 1950 by Harry Hay, a veteran party member, and others. Initially it was largely composed of former communists, but others began to join and chapters were set up in several cities.<\/p>\n

As the Red Scare expanded, Hay was forced out of leadership of the group and other former communists expelled.<\/p>\n

The national organization disbanded in 1961. The Washington, D.C. group used the name Mattachine Society, but was formed independently of the national organization.<\/p>\n

For more information and related images, see flic.kr\/s\/aHsjCQ69wA<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo by Kay Tobin. Courtesy of the Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay<\/a> history papers and photographs, New York Public Library. Rights managed by the New York Public Library.<\/p>\n

\n\"Kameny<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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