State Department Policy on Homosexuals Creates Security Risks

Description:

A homemade gay rights protest sign used in the mid 1960s.

Date Made: 1965-1968

Associated: Kameny, FrankReferenced: Department of State. Office of Chief of ProtocolU.S. Department of State

Location: Currently not on view

Classified: LGBTQ RightsGay RightsGeneral Subject Association: Protest and Civil DisobedienceMarch, Rally, Demonstration, or OtherSubject: LGBTQ

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection, Government, Politics, and Reform, Princeton Posters

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Kameny Papers Project

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2006.0223.05Accession Number: 2006.0223Catalog Number: 2006.0223.05

Object Name: Sign, Picket

Physical Description: black; white; red; green (overall color)poster board (overall material)Measurements: overall: 28 in x 22 in; x 71.12 cm x 55.88 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-0237-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1316339

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