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The Washington Blade announced Frank Kameny's campaign for Congress

One of the buttons used to protest for LGBT Rights in DC

This is one of the buttons used to protest for LGBT Rights in DC

Frank Kameny sent out a letter of introduction on behalf of The Mattachine Society to many congressmen, hoping to form some sort of relationship in support of the organization. Unfortunately, in this letter that he received back from Congressman…

A passage from "Gay, Proud, and Healthy", a statement regarding the psychiatric profession and it's relationship with the LGBT community.

This graph shows what percentage of the total population for each state self identities as LGBT. Individuals were polled during a study conducted by the Gallup Politics Polls in 2012, and the question was, "Do you personally identify as lesbian, gay,…

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

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…

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 questionnaire was issued and created by the Mattachine Society in order to gather information about blackmailing procedures, and how they related to the safety of LGBT people in their jobs and in their daily lives