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When the Mattachine Society of Washington D.C. was established in 1961, the organization drafted a constitution about how things were to be run. This document outlines everything about the Mattachine Society from the purpose of the organization, to…

This photograph is the main banner that was used in the First National March on Washington for LGBT Rights

This is a button from the National March on Washington

This newspaper clipping talks about the trial of Benning Wenworth against the United States Federal Government that was fought after Wenworth last his security clearance as a government employee after he went public with his homosexual identity. The…

This collection of photos depicts a protest at the White House in 1965

This handout was written to inform the citizens of DC why LGBT people of the Mattachine Society were picketing the White House