Frank Kameny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American activist
Date of Birth: 21-May-1925
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 11-Oct-2011
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Frank Kameny
- Franklin Edward "Frank" Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist.
- He has been referred to as "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement.In 1957, Kameny was dismissed from his position as an astronomer in the U.S.
- Army's Army Map Service in Washington, D.C.
- because of his homosexuality, leading him to begin "a Herculean struggle with the American establishment" that would "spearhead a new period of militancy in the homosexual rights movement of the early 1960s".Kameny formally appealed his firing by the U.S.
- Civil Service Commission due to homosexuality.
- Although unsuccessful, the proceeding was notable as the first known civil rights claim based on sexual orientation pursued in a U.S.
- court.
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