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External links

Biography of Kameny

Strategies for Sodomy Law Repeal (includes a section on Kameny's activism)

Interview with Kameny

article from the Washington Post about Cameny

Publications in English

• Joyce Murdoch & Deb Price, Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. The Supreme Court, Basic Books, 10 East 53rd Street, New York New York, 2001.

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