Harry Hay A Guiding Light in the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement

Harry Hay, 2009, Icon Abuse Survivor, Activist Author, California Civil Rights, England Gay, Gay Pioneer, LGBT Activist, Los Angeles. Hay should be remembered as a political radical who stood up and fought for LGBT+ rights. At a time when homosexuality was seen as an illness, ... Harry Hay was born in England on the day the Titanic sank. When he was ten years old, he and his family moved to Los Angeles. As a young man, he worked in ... American gay rights activist (1912-2002). In more languages. Spanish. Harry Hay. No description defined. Traditional Chinese. No label defined. Harry Hay leaves behind a wide circle of friends and admirers among lesbians, gays, and progressive activists. In 1950, Harry Hay founded the Mattachine Society, an underground network for homosexuals. It was the first American gay organization. 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. Alex Ross recounts the life of Harry Hay, a gay-rights activist and one-time friend of John Cage's. Hay died of lung cancer on October 24, 2002, at his home in San Francisco, at the age of ninety. He remained active in various gay rights causes well into the ... ... 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 ...