Harry Hay A Force of Nature in the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement

D'Emilio acknowledged the instrumental role Hay played in founding the first American homosexual rights advocacy organization, the Mattachine ... Hay was born in April 1912 to Harry, Sr., a mining engineer and a man determined to make a man of his son, and Margaret, a woman who loved the arts. Enriched by his background in music performance and continuing work on folk music, this revelation inspired key elements of the Mattachine ... As a young man radical gay-rights activist Harry Hay used fashion as a political statement when it was still dangerous to do so. The Gay and Lesbian Book Award is presented to English language books that have exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian experience. 1991 - Finalist ... ... Harry Hay (1912-2002). Having been a communist activist in the 1930s-1940s, during the McCarthy era in the late 1940s, Hay was forced out of the Communist ... The gay Mattachine Society was founded in LA in 1951 by English-born Harry Hay, whose colorful personality and turbulent life are portrayed in a book. The Harry Hays Papers are available in the San Francisco Public Library History Center. https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200002501 ... Who the hell is Harry Hay?A queer pioneer, Harry is the major architect of the modern gay-rights movement and the genius behind the first ... Activist Harry Hay is recognized as one of the principal founders of the gay liberation movement in the United States. An original member of both the Mattachine ...