Exploring the Life and Legacy of Harry Hay

Harry Hay composed the first manifesto of the American Gay Rights Movement in 1948. "We know how to live through their eyes. We can always play their games. Harry Hay, an American gay rights activist, co-founded one of the first gay rights groups in the United States, known as the Mattachine Society. ... of the man who founded the modern gay movement. After decades of searching and struggle, Harry Hay created the Mattachine Society in 1950, the nation s first ... Harry Hay, 2009, Icon Abuse Survivor, Activist Author, California Civil Rights, England Gay, Gay Pioneer, LGBT Activist, Los Angeles. Harry Hay, American gay rights activist who believed that homosexuals should see themselves as an oppressed minority entitled to equal rights. Buy books online written by Harry Hay and sign up for author alerts for new book email notifications. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1990. Hardcover. xvii, 317p. + 16p. photos, signed by both Stuart Timmons and Harry Hay, very good first edition, ... Introduces Hay to a group of people in Santa Monica Canyon. Many, many gays there. Taken to parties. Cruised and flirted with. But doesn't respond. For Hay, ... Harry Hay is known as the 'the Father of Gay Liberation'. A radical intellectual, he founded the Mattachine Society—one of the most influential gay associations ... "In 1950, Harry Hay founded the Mattachine Society, and thus gave rise to the modern gay movement. Today, lesbian and gay activism is taken for granted.