the only reason we know about clifford norton is because he fought back. called up frank kaman who was known for evocation for government employees who were dismissed or their sexuality. in fact, frank was an astronomer who the american astronomical society celebrated for its leadership in the gay rights movement. >> he was trained at harvard to be an astronomer, witch and worked for the u.s. army with his astronomy degree and fired. he was so outrag by th, that he turned it into a lifelong act of getting these laws changed. >> this is that a time when people in my profession had been in heart, then all of human history and i cannot get a job specifically because of sexuality. i'm not alone. i know many people who have had careers ruined, lives destroyed for no other reason. these are people with great offer to society. prejudice against them. >> he corn the term gaze -- if it is good and inherited a good thing for us to be out, then it cannot be secured he risk because that was always the argument. >> he helped gather facts on the case and referred cliffo