The speech that changed the course of LGBT history

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Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny, and Dr. John Fryer (Dr. H. Anonymous) at the American Psychiatric Association’s 1972 national convention in Dallas. (Photo: Kay Tobin New York Public Library)

They thought he’d wear a mask that was a little more subtle. Something like the Lone Ranger, just a piece of cloth around the eyes. But no. 

Introduced to the room as Dr. Henry Anonymous, wearing a wig and a…