[4][5][6][7] The Homophile Action League was founded in August 1968 by LGBT rights activists and lovers Ada Bello and Carole Friedman.

[8][9][10] Other early members and leaders in the organization included Byrna Aronson, George Bodamer, Rosalie Davies, Lourdes Alvarez, Jerry Curtis, Barbara Gittings, and her life partner, Kay Lahusen.

[20][8][21] The Homophile Action League published the "HAL Newsletter" in the late 1960s and early 1970s[11] which challenged discrimination and police harassment against the LGBT community.

[4][26][27][28][29] In June 1972, the Homophile Action League served as one of the host organizations of the first official Gay Pride Parade in Philadelphia.

[39][40] A picket sign used by the Homophile Action League (donated by Frank Kameny in 2006) is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History.