Harry Hay A Symbol of Strength in the LGBTQ+ Struggle

Harry Hay had a vision, and that vision led to the founding of the first sustained gay rights organization in the United States—the ... 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 ... Today I would like to honor and pay tribute to Harry Hay. Hay founded the Mattachine Society, a leftist gay liberation organization which worked ... In the late 1930s, Hay had talked to psychologist Dr. Saul Glass, while taking part in Glass's experiment that sought physiological markers for ... As a young man radical gay-rights activist Harry Hay used fashion as a political statement when it was still dangerous to do so. Gay rights pioneer and labor activist Harry Hay is being honored with an exhibit now on display at San Francisco's public library ... 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 ... Henry "Harry" Hay Jr. (April 7, 1912 – October 24, 2002) was an American gay rights activist, communist, and labor advocate. He was a co-founder of the ... Harry Hay, who died Thursday of lung cancer at 90, earned an unusual distinction as a founder of the gay liberation movement and a member of ... 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.