Kameny’s fight for gay rights made federal workforce better for us all

America — especially federal employees — lost a great leader this week.

Frank Kameny was a powerful human rights activist. To the shame of the United States government, he was fired from his position with the Army Map Service in 1957 because he was gay.

But getting fired only fired him up. He became a founding father of the civil rights movement for the gay community.

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 13 Oct, 2011

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