Barbara Gittings and Randy Wicker picketing, 1966

Barbara Gittings and Randy Wicker picketing outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia at the 1966 Annual Reminder Picket. Frank Kameny describes the purpose of the Annual Reminder, which began in 1965, as bringing together homosexual organizations including the Mattachine Society, the Daughters of Bilitis and Janus Society of Philadelphia. Frank Kameny audio clip courtesy of Making Gay History, www.makinggayhistory.com. Photograph by Kay Tobin Lahusen/New York Public Library.