Harry Hay's Enduring Legacy in the LGBTQ+ Movement

D'Emilio acknowledged the instrumental role Hay played in founding the first American homosexual rights advocacy organization, the Mattachine ... Harry Hay is a former gay rights activist who hosted founding meetings of the Mattachine Society. While the house is a private residence, ... 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, ... The trouble with Harry Hay : founder of the modern gay movement Available at Library General Three Week (301.4157092 HAY/T) ... Harry Hay leaves behind a wide circle of friends and admirers among lesbians, gays, and progressive activists. 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, who died Thursday of lung cancer at 90, earned an unusual distinction as a founder of the gay liberation movement and a member of ... Harry Hay is today rightly praised by a wide variety of LGBTQ activists and organizations as a pioneer in the struggle for freedom and liberation. This is the first collection of the words and speeches of the founder of the Mattachine Society and the modern gay movement. Harry Maitland Hay (5 February 1893 – 30 March 1952) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s who won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle ...