Barbara Gittings: Gay/Lesbian Rights Activist Dies

Barbara Gittings, an early gay and lesbian rights activist died February 18th, 2007 at age 75 of breast cancer. Some people think of the Stonewall Rebellion as the start of the modern gay and lesbian rights movement. But the fact is, courageous gays and lesbians were fighting for our rights years before Stonewall. Barbara Gittings was once such lesbian pioneer. She picketed outside the White House, helped start one of the first lesbian organizations and worked to ensure you can find lesbian books in your library. Learn more about Barbara Gittings: Lesbian Rights Activist.
_{Pioneer Gay rights activist Barbara Gittings at the first homosexual rights demonstration, Philadelphia, July 4, 1965. © credit Kay Tobin Lahusen/Stonewall Productions}