Frank Kameny, third from left, and supporters, Washington, D.C., March 20, 1971. Photo by Richard C.
Frank Kameny, third from left, and supporters, Washington, D.C., March 20, 1971. Photo by Richard C. Wandel, @nyplpicturecollection. On February 22, 1971, gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny announced his candidacy in the first-ever campaign for D.C.’s non-voting Congressional delegate. Kameny, the “first publicly declared homosexual ever to run for Congress,” explained that “We intend to remind a government and a country … exactly what Americanism means - that this is a country of personal freedom and individual diversity; that Queen Victoria is dead and the Puritans are long gone.” #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #gay #bi #lesbian #trans #district #pride #frankkameny #shouldersofgiants #personalfreedom #individualdiversity #queenvictoriaisdead #puritansarelonggone #americanism (at E Street) -- source link
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