Comments on: Effort underway to award Kameny Freedom Medal

By: Stevg

Stevg — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:53:45 +0000

The Washington Post just reported Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans has a special account for those Ward 2 constituents deserving outstanding recognition or compelling need. I understand that Mr. Kameny has trouble paying his utility bills every year. While the Post reported that most of the constituent fund monies go for sporting tickets, that in exchange of the longstanding Ward 2 LGBT support, Mr. Evans might consider paying Mr. Kameny’s bills. In perpetuity.

By: Charles Francis

Charles Francis — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:34:45 +0000

Kameny led the way to end the ban on federal employment of homosexuals; his advocacy was key to ending the stripping of security clearances from gay and lesbian Americans; was the first to effectively challenge the ban on military service; and was the leader of the effort to remove homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association list of mental illnesses. Most of all: he invented the language of the movement for gay civil equality, rooted not in Marxism or radical faieries or any extremism, but rather in the words of Jefferson and the promise of the Constitution. He is now part of the exhibition “Creating the United States” at the Library of Congress.

By: Rick Rosendall

Rick Rosendall — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:23:05 +0000

laurelboy2, reducing Frank Kameny’s pioneering contributions to being a gadfly is the sort of facile rewriting of history that we’ve come to associate with the likes of Michele Bachmann. For those unfamiliar with Frank’s true contributions, a good place to start is the Kameny Papers website at: http://www.kamenypapers.org/

By: laurelboy2

laurelboy2 — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:28:14 +0000

Kameny’s claim to fame was being a gadfly when it wasn’t politically correct. I don’t feel that is deserving of a Medal of Freedom. But, then again, who can predict what Nobama and his band of national economic incompetents and plain ol’ idiots will do.