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1. www.biography.com › activists › harry-hay-activis-factsHow Harry Hay Became a Pioneer of the Gay Rights Movement

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   Jun 8, 2021 · A homosexual, Socialist, writer, spiritualist and activist, Harry Hay would cofound a secret organization in 1950 that would become the origin of the American gay rights movement, and help...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mattachine_SocietyMattachine Society - Wikipedia

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   Name. The Mattachine Society was named by Harry Hay at the suggestion of James Gruber, inspired by a French medieval and renaissance masque group he had studied while preparing a course on the history of popular music for a workers' education project. In a 1976 interview with Jonathan Ned Katz, Hay was asked the origin of the name Mattachine.

4. outhistory.org › exhibits › showWhat Are We For? · What Are We For? Harry Hay and the Left ...

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   Harry Hay might have argued that socialism, likewise, needs full sexual liberation; it needs to allow queers to live how they will live. The epigraph to this article presents two essential questions: who are we (same-sex-loving people), and what are we for, societally speaking?

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harry_HayHarry Hay - Wikipedia

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   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 Mattachine Society, the first sustained gay rights group in the United States, as well as the Radical Faeries, a loosely affiliated gay spiritual movement.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2002/10/25 › usHarry Hay, Early Proponent of Gay Rights, Dies at 90

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   Oct 25, 2002 · Harry Hay, who founded a secret organization six decades ago that proved to be the catalyst for the American gay rights movement, died early Thursday morning at his home in San Francisco. He...

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   Was Harry Hay a political embarrassment?

   • "The real Harry Hay". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. He was, at times, a serious political embarrassment, as when he consistently advocated the inclusion of the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) in gay-pride parades. ^ a b Simon LeVay; Elisabeth Nonas (1997).

   Harry Hay - Wikipedia

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   Why did Hay spend three nights a week in study?

   • Kamgren permitted Hay to spend three nights a week in study, which the latter spent reading anthropological and historical texts to learn more about the role of gay people in society, becoming particularly interested in the berdache of Native American communities.

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   Why did John Hay go to a beer bust?

   • In 1948, Hay attended a beer bust in support of progressive Democratic presidential contender Henry Wallace where he talked with a few other gay men about the possibilities of creating an organization of homosexuals to lobby for the reform of anti-gay laws. Later that night he wrote up a prospectus for such an organization.

   The Life of Harry Hay - San Francisco Public Library

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   What was Mr Hay's secret society?

   • The group Mr. Hay founded -- one that exists in remnants today -- was the Mattachine Society. Its name was taken from a medieval French term for male dancers who performed in public, sometimes satirizing social customs, but only wearing masks. Starting in Los Angeles in 1950, Mr. Hay formed his secret society with a handful of others.

   Harry Hay, Early Proponent of Gay Rights, Dies at 90

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9. guides.loc.gov › lgbtq-studies › before-stonewallLGBTQIA+ Studies: A Resource Guide - Library of Congress

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   Mar 7, 2024 · Co-founder of the Mattachine Society of Washington and homophile activist. Harry Hay: Founding the Mattachine Society, 1948-1953 External.

10. sfpl.org › locations › main-libraryThe Life of Harry Hay - San Francisco Public Library

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    An actor, Communist labor organizer, musicologist, gay theoretician and political activist, Harry Hay left a lasting mark that continues well into the 21st century. He was active in the Los Angeles avant-garde arts movement of the 1930s where he worked as an actor. Hay participated in the San Francisco General Strike of 1934 and fought against ...