Dr. Henry Anonymous

To keep his identity a secret during a panel at the 1973 APA Annual Meeting in Dallas, Dr. John E. Fryer called himself Dr. Henry Anonymous, wore a baggy suit and mask, and used a microphone that distorted his voice.

He started his speech with the words, "I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist." Fryer electrified an audience that found itself listening to a gay psychiatrist speak in a public forum for the first time. Fryer did not reveal he was the man behind the mask until the 1994 APA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.