Barbara Gittings was a key figure in the campaign to persuade mental health groups to declassify homosexuality as a disorder. She also participated in one of the first gay rights demonstrations at the White House, in 1965, calling for an end to antigay discrimination in federal employment. She’s often called the mother of the gay rights movement.

Happy Women’s History Month! See a list of more women allies of the LGBT community: http://bit.ly/1Mp4BB2

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