"In World War II, I willingly fought the Germans. . . . In 1961, it has, ironically, become necessary for me to fight my own government, with words, to achieve some of the very same rights, freedoms, and liberties for which I placed my life in jeopardy in 1945."
"Every single student was waiting outside. It was 32 degrees, yet they were there, and they brought friends. They took him to the classroom, and he was magnificent. He sat there with this legal-sized pad with a list of things to talk about. He'd come to an end of one story, then check that off. Then he'd tell the next story and check it off."
"He had a very scientific mind, so he was ticking the boxes. [Once] I had to interview him for a documentary. I said, 'I'll be there at 2.' He said, 'Make it 2:03.' I had no idea why, so I arrived at 2, then sat in my car and w"
Frank Kameny was fired in 1957 from the Army Map Service because of his sexuality. He led efforts against homophobic government employment policies and helped found the DC chapter of the Mattachine Society, a gay-rights group. He created the slogan “Gay Is Good,” which appeared on picket signs. In a letter to President Kennedy, he compared fighting in World War II with the need to fight his own government in 1961 to secure the same rights and liberties. After Kameny’s death in 2011, Bob Connelly recalled inviting him to speak to students in December 2008. Students waited outside in cold weather, escorted him to class, and listened as Kameny delivered a structured, methodical account of his activism.
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