More Honors for Civil Rights Legend Frank Kameny

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Awards, History, Human Rights, LGBT Seniors | July 15th, 2009 

Washington, DC – The National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Bar Association has announced that it will award Dr. Frank Kameny, one of America’s first and foremost gay activists, the 2009 Dan Bradley Award in recognition of his trailblazing work on behalf of the LGBT community.

Dr. Frank Kameny. (Photo Courtesy: DCVirago/flickr)
Dr. Frank Kameny to receive the LGBT Bar Association’s Dan Bradley Award. (Photo Courtesy: DCVirago/flickr [cc])

The Dan Bradley Award is the LGBT Bar Association’s highest honor. It recognizes the efforts of a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legal community whose work, like Dan Bradley, the first chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on the Rights of Gay People, has led the way in our struggle for equality under the law.

“Dr. Frank Kameny’s contributions to the cause of LGBT equality were pivotal to creating the freedoms we enjoy today,” said D’Arcy Kemnitz, the Executive Director of the National LGBT Bar Association. “Both his work and his commitment to memorializing the early stages of the LGBT equality movement are invaluable. He has provided a fantastic record of the history of our movement, for which we will always be grateful.” Dr. Kameny will receive the Dan Bradley award at the National LGBT Bar Association’s Annual Career Fair and Conference in Brooklyn this September 10th – 12th.

Dr. Frank Kameny was dismissed from the military in 1958 for homosexuality, catalyzing a lifelong crusade for LGBT equality. He has been recognized across the nation for his service and activism. His personal papers and collection of early LGBT rights memorabilia, including signs from the 1965 demonstration before the White House (widely acknowledged as the first public gay rights protest) are on display at the Smithsonian’s “Treasures of American History.” The Library of Congress is in possession of Dr. Kameny’s papers documenting his life and leadership.

More information on the LGBT Bar Association’s Dan Bradley Award.

Source: LGBT Bar Association

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