Gay Pioneer Frank Kameny Dies At 86

The Washington Blade is reporting on Twitter that gay rights pioneer and Mattachine Society co-founder Frank Kameny has passed away at the age of 86. I'll have more details when they become available. In the meantime, please read Kameny's Wikipedia entry. We all owe Kameny our deepest gratitude for a life lived well.

UPDATE: Some details from the Blade.

Franklin E. Kameny, one of the nation’s most prominent gay rights leaders, died in his home today from apparent natural causes. He was 86. The death came less a month before the planned celebration of the 50th anniversary of Kameny’s founding of the Mattachine Society of Washington, the first gay rights organization in the nation’s capital. LGBT rights advocates Charles Francis and Bob Witeck, who were longtime friends of Kameny’s and established the project to preserve Kameny’s papers over a 50-year period, said they would be announcing soon plans for a memorial service to honor the gay rights leader’s life.