Dr. Kameny is invited to testify before the House Committee on the District of Columbia on the Dowdy Bill which would outlaw the Mattachine Society, August 5, 1963.

Page One of Dr. Kameny's testimony before the House Committee, opposing the Dowdy Bill, August 8,1963.

From the Congressional Record, 1963:

"..illegal activities revolting to society."- Congressman John Dowdy of Texas on the Mattachine Society, July 5,1963

Letter of Introduction from Dr. Kameny and the Mattachine Society to Congressman Paul C. Jones of Missouri (pictured), returned with the Congressman's handwritten response:

"Please do not contaminate my mail with such filthy trash." Dated August 28, 1962

A similar response from Representative Charles E. Chamberlain of Michigan (pictured) to the Mattachine Society's Letter:

"In all my six years of service in the United States Congress, I have not recieved such a revolting communication. " Dated August 30, 1962

Letter from the American Psychological Association to Frank Kameny and the Mattachine Society, dated July 17,1963.

"it is not in the best interests of the APA to meet with you, nor to pulicize your meetings".

A passage from "Gay, Proud, and Healthy", a statement regarding the psychiatric profession, by Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings:

"An adversary situation has developed..."

Letter to Nevin Feather from Robert M. Holmes, Director of Personnel and Personnel Security Officer, Library of Congress, dated June 28, 1962:

"The Library of Congress has recieved a report concerning you..."

Letter from Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States, dated June 6, 1965:

"Neither the Federal Executive Orders on fair employment nor the Civil Rights Act which constitute the authority for the program on non-discrimination are relevant to the problems of homosexuals."

Letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the Pride Foundation, dated October 8, 1974:

"The Supreme Court has continued to characterize homosexual activity as preverted or deviate behavior, the explicit representation of which has been repeatedly held to be patently offensive for the purpose of meeting of the established tests of obscenity so as to fall outside the protection of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution .”

Letter from the Civil Service Commission to the Mattachine Society outlining the Commission's discriminatory hiring policies, dated February 25, 1966:

"Persons about whom there is evidence that they have engaged in or solicited others to engage in homosexual or sexually perverted acts with them, without evidence of rehabilitation, are not suitable for Federal employment.”

Letter from the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, 2/28/69
Re: Benning Wentworth

Benning Wentworth was one high profile case among many, represented by Dr. Kameny.