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Feb 19, 2007
Quickie Link: Pioneering Gay Activist Barbara Gittings Dies
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By vanrozenheim
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(Philadelphia, USA) - Gay rights pioneer Barbara Gittings has died at the age of 75 from a lengthy and brave battle with breast cancer. Gittings death was announced Sunday by fellow activist and Philadelphia Gay News publisher and friend Mark Segal announced today. Gittings first came to the public spotlight in 1965 when she and a handful of gay men and lesbians held demonstrations outside the White House and Independence Hall seeking equal rights for homosexuals.
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