May 18, 2007Quickie Link: Reports of Kameny’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
By vanrozenheim
(USA) - The national gay magazine the Advocate found itself in the awkward position this week of having to publish a correction saying it falsely reported that famed U.S. and Washington, D.C. gay rights leader Frank Kameny had died of AIDS. Kameny, 82, laughed about the report of his demise Monday night at a meeting of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club. Kameny has been credited with helping to found the modern gay civil rights movement. Earlier this year, the Library of Congress accepted a donation of more than 70,000 of Kameny’s letters, papers and various documents that chronicle his pioneering work on gay rights beginning in the 1950s. “Frank is knocking on all eight cylinders and fully engaged in activism, speaking and just enjoying himself,” said Charles Francis, the gay public relations executive who organized the Kameny Papers Project.
