Gay federal employee, Frank Kameny, 84, finally gets an apology for his firing

clipped from www.smartbrief.com Kameny gets an apology from feds for firing Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | 06/26/2009 Pioneering activist Frank Kameny, who in 1957 was fired from his federal civil service job for being gay, has received an official apology from John Berry, the out director of the Office of Personnel Management, on behalf of the U.S. government. "Please accept our apology for the consequences of the previous policy of the United States government," Berry writes in the letter. Washington Blade (06/24) Stonewall, LGBT movement honored by attorney general Friday, June 12, 2009 Berry says he will push for fairness for all federal workers Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Berry's warm Senate reception seen as sign of LGBT progress Friday, April 3, 2009