Jim Obergefell & other leaders honor LGBTQ+ rights icon Frank Kameny at U.S. Supreme Court (in photos)
The group also celebrated 10 years of marriage equality.
May 22, 2025
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Remembering Frank Kameny: Here's why he was a gay rights pioneer
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.
May 20, 2025
LGBTQ+ demonstrators reenacted historic White House protest
The Rainbow History Project marked the 60th anniversary of the first White House protest for queer rights.
May 6, 2025
Frank Kameny talks
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.
June 15, 2007
Frank Kameny: Alive and laughing
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.
May 18, 2007
Eric Cervini on the Gay Legacy of Frank Kameny
Author and historian Eric Cervini's book The Deviant's War explores the life of the famed astronomer-turned-activist.
September 23, 2022
Google Honors LGBTQ+ Activist Frank Kameny With Doodle
Two years before he died, the federal government issued a formal apology -- 50 years after he was fired.
June 2, 2021
Smithsonian puts artifacts from activist Frank Kameny on display
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.
August 29, 2007
How Astronomer Frank Kameny Fought Antigay Bias in 'Lavender Scare'
PBS's The Lavender Scare shines a light on the federal government's oppression of LGBTQ people in the workplace throughout history.
October 2, 2019