Harry Hay A Guiding Light for LGBTQ+ Rights

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 ... The collection documents Hay's writing and research related to gay history and identity, his engagement with left and progressive politics dating from the mid- ... Harry Hay spent the latter years of his life exploring the “TwoSpirit” people of Native American societies. He died of lung cancer on October 24, 2002 at the ... D'Emilio acknowledged the instrumental role Hay played in founding the first American homosexual rights advocacy organization, the Mattachine ... Today's figure in LGTBQ+ history is Harry Hay. Hay founded the Mattachine Society, an underground network for homosexuals. 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, ... ... 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 is a former gay rights activist who hosted founding meetings of the Mattachine Society. While the house is a private residence, ... ... 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 ... At an intimate campout in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, 1994, Harry Hay expounds Harry Hay and others at the national march for Lesbian and ...