Google Doodle in honor of Pride Month. Kameny was one of the most prominent figures of the U.S. LGBTQ rights movement.Franklin Edward Kameny was born on May 21, 1925, in Queens, New York.
He was a gifted child and at the age of 15 enrolled at Queens College to study physics. Kameny fought in the World War II and, once demobbed, later went on to gain a doctorate in astronomy at Harvard University.In 1957, Kameny accepted a job as an astronomer with the Army Map Service.
But months later, he was fired based on an executive order that effectively banned LGBTQ people from federal employment.Kameny sued the federal government for his termination and in 1961 he filed the first gay rights appeal to the U.S.