Google marks Pride Month with a doodle by honouring activist Frank Kameny with sketch doodle

The internet search engine giant Google's doodle on 2 June 2021 marks the onset of Pride Month and it celebrates Frank Kameny, American astronomer, veteran, and gay rights activist who is 'widely hailed as one of the most prominent figures of the U.S. LGBTQ rights movement.'

"Franklin Edward Kameny was born in Queens, New York, on May 21, 1925. Gifted from a young age, Kameny enrolled at Queens College to study physics at just 15 years old. He saw combat during World War II and upon his return to the U.S. obtained a doctorate in astronomy at Harvard University. In 1957, Kameny accepted a job as an astronomer with the Army Map Service, but he was fired just months later based on an executive order effectively barring members of the LGBTQ community from federal employment," informs the website of Google.

The website adds that in the early 1970s, he also successfully challenged the American Psychiatric Association’s classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, and in 1975 forcing the Civil Service Commission to reverse its ban on LGBTQ employees.

Not only Kameny received a formal apology from the U.S. government as well the naming the 17th Street NW near Dupont Circle “Frank Kameny Way”. The website conveys, "

Thank you, Frank Kameny, for courageously paving the way for decades of progress!"