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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
“Frank Kameny’s Memorial Service on Capital Hill"
On November 15, 2011, more than 200 people attended a memorial service to remember Frank Kameny, a gay pioneer who changed the course of history for the LGBT community nationwide. Those speaking included U.S. Representatives Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin, Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Yale Law School Professor William Eskridge and Director of Personnel Management, John Berry.
All shared their stories about Kameny and how he worked for change. William Eskridge noted that after Kameny was fired from his job in 1957 for being gay, he was the first in the U.S. to argue that sexual orientation should be treated much like race when related to laws that ban discrimination. While admitting Kameny’s arguments were strong he said, “Back then they could land you in jail.”
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