Connecting the Past to the Present: Uncovering the Deleted Histories of LGBT Americans

Lisa Linsky wrote this bylined article about McDermott’s work with The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC to submit an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the Obergefell same-sex marriage case, detailing the history of government discrimination against LGBT Americans. “Dubbed by the popular press as the ‘Animus Amicus,’ [it] presented the Justices with a basis to better understand the nature and extent of this discrimination and animus as they considered the marriage bans before them,” Ms. Linsky wrote. Read the full article.