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Suffering indignities in order to simply be

October 13, 2011

Here’s an interesting bit from Chapter 11 of The Gay and Lesbian Almanac: …in 1962, the president of the District of Columbia’s Mattachine Society, Dr. Franklin Kameny, appeared on local television for 90 seconds to talk about his organization.  Such appearance was so rare and daring that the interview was preceded by a five-minute apology…

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