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After being fired from his US Government job in 1957 for being gay, Kameny appealed his case to the court system. He lost in the judicial system twice, and appealed his case to the Supreme Court with a carefully written, unapologetic, 64 page writ of…

The Washington Blade announced Frank Kameny's campaign for Congress

This letter was written by James T. Clark, the secretary for the House of Representatives, requesting that Kameny come and testify on the Dowdy Bill, which was proposed in an attempt to outlaw the Mattachine Society of Washington D.C.

This is a publication created by the Mattachine Society of DC

A button used to protest for LGBT rights and support the Mattachine society of DC

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

A button used to protest and raised awareness for LGBT Rights

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

These are some of the first picket signs used to protest for LGBT Rights. They are hand lettered

In 1971, Dr. Kameny became the first openly homosexual candidate for the US Congress when he ran in the District of Columbia's first election for a non-voting delegate to Congress.