From Radical Beginnings Harry Hay's Role in Shaping LGBTQ+ Rights

Harry Maitland Hay (5 February 1893 – 30 March 1952) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s who won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle ... In 1950, Harry Hay founded the Mattachine Society, an underground network for homosexuals. It was the first American gay organization. Harry Hay: The Founder of Us All. rainbowguy It was some time during the 1930s, Harry Hay remembered, when he turned to his then lover Will Geer to share an ... Harry Hay leaves behind a wide circle of friends and admirers among lesbians, gays, and progressive activists. Biography of Harry Hay, Harry Hay was born to American parents Margaret and Harry, Sr. in Worthing, England. Hay’s father abused him, hitting Hay so often ... Meet Pioneer of Gay Rights, Harry Hay - Click Photo. Facebook Instagram. For More Information. Go to: www.facebook.com/TCStonewallDems. or email: Harry Hay came of age as a gay man when the notion of a gay identity barely existed; as Hay himself would often say, gay people didn't even have ... Harry Hay was one of the first to insist that lesbians and gay men deserve equality. And he placed their fight in the context of a wider ... ... 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 – QUEER ICON ... At the recent (2023) tenth anniversary Bear Your Soul gathering at Easton Mountain, I participated in a workshop led by ...