ABSTRACT
Barbara Gittings was standing tall as a gay activist long before Stonewall. She walked in the first gay picket lines and edited a national lesbian magazine in the 1960s. She went on radio and TV shows when producers first invited gay guests, and launched her public lecturing career at Bucknell University in 1967. She was an early consultant for the National Council of Churches and other religious groups. She helped challenge the federal government’s denial of security clearances for gay people.
