Kay Lahusen was an activist and photojournalist who chronicled some of the earliest U.S. protests for LGBTQ rights.Lahusen and her partner, Barbara Gittings, were key members of the early movement to secure equal rights for the LGBTQ community.
The 1969 Stonewall uprising was, for many, the moment that brought the movement to the attention of the mainstream, but even before that, Lahusen and others marched for their rights.