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Opinion: “Dudes in dresses” and Pride flags on desks are harbingers of the Trump administration’s plan to purge queer federal workers, writes John Casey.
The group also celebrated 10 years of marriage equality.
Kameny sued the federal government after he was fired for being gay, picketed the White House, and did much more to advance the movement. Here's what you need to know about the queer rights icon.
The Rainbow History Project marked the 60th anniversary of the first White House protest for queer rights.
Andrew Noyes sits down with the veteran gay rights activist and discovers he's just as unapologetically outspoken today as he was when he coined the phrase "Gay is good" 40 years ago.
Let's start with a heartfelt mea culpa. In our Pride issue, which hits newsstands on May 22, we made one of the more embarrassing factual errors in The Advocate's recent history: We wrote in a story that Frank Kameny, the great gay rights activist, is one of the leaders we've "lost to AIDS." Well, Frank Kameny is not dead--and he's never had AIDS.
Author and historian Eric Cervini's book The Deviant's War explores the life of the famed astronomer-turned-activist.
Two years before he died, the federal government issued a formal apology -- 50 years after he was fired.
A collection of artifacts from renowned gay activist Frank Kameny is now on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
