Mattachine Society co-founder Jack Nichols, 67
Posted: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005 8:26 pm
(Cocoa, Florida) Jack Nichols, one of the pioneers of gay liberation and a prolific writer, died early Monday in hospital after a long illness. He was 67.
In 1961, Nichols along with Frank Kameny, founded the Mattachine Society of Washington — one of the earliest groups to fight for gay rights in America. …
Nichols particularly was responsible for challenging the then prevalent psychiatric model of homosexuality as mental illness.
In 1965 he was instrumental in organizing some of the first public gay demonstrations in the United States — including the first protest at White House. … Read full obituary
