Harry Hay
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican gay rights activist (1912-2002)
Henry Hay Jr. was an American gay rights activist, communist, and labor advocate. He cofounded the Mattachine Society, the first sustained gay rights group in the United States, as well as the Radical Faeries, a loosely affiliated gay spiritual movement.
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Los Angeles High School, where Hay studied
A Faerie gathering in 1986, with Hay in bottom left corner
Hay speaking at Occidental College, CA
Harry Hay in September 2000
The Mattachine Steps in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. The sign reads, "Harry Hay founded the Mattachine Society on this hillside on November 11, 1950."Filmography 4
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
Hope Along the Wind: The Story of Harry Hay
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Henry Hay Jr. was an American gay rights activist, communist, and labor advocate. He cofounded the Mattachine Society, the first sustained gay rights group in the United States, as well as the Radical Faeries, a loosely affiliated gay spiritual movement. Hay has been described as "the Founder of the Modern Gay Movement" and "the father of gay liberation".
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