Harry Hay A Bridge Between the Past and Future of LGBTQ+ Advocacy

As a young man radical gay-rights activist Harry Hay used fashion as a political statement when it was still dangerous to do so. "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. 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, 2009, Icon Abuse Survivor, Activist Author, California Civil Rights, England Gay, Gay Pioneer, LGBT Activist, Los Angeles. The trouble with Harry Hay : founder of the modern gay movement Available at Library General Three Week (301.4157092 HAY/T) ... Henry 'Harry' Hay -- gay rights pioneer / He started Mattachine Society ... Henry "Harry" Hay, considered by many to be the founder of the modern ... People lost jobs and custody of their children over their sexual orientation back then. Despite his leadership position, Harry himself was ... 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, an American gay rights activist, co-founded one of the first gay rights groups in the United States, known as the Mattachine Society. Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society. Marching in the 1986 Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade, Harry Hay wore a vest emblazoned with two messages.