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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.

  2. Apr 26, 2024 · Harry Hay (born April 7, 1912, Worthing, Sussex, England—died October 24, 2002, San Francisco, California, U.S.) was an American gay rights activist who believed that homosexuals should see themselves as an oppressed minority entitled to equal rights.

  3. Jun 8, 2021 · Harry Hay was a homosexual, Socialist, writer, spiritualist and activist who cofounded the Mattachine Society, the origin of the American gay rights movement. He viewed homosexuals as an oppressed minority and advocated for their unification, education and equality.

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  5. 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 was...

  6. Communist and labor activist Harry Hay formed the group with a collection of male friends in Los Angeles to protect and improve the rights of gay men. Branches formed in other cities, and by 1961 the Society had splintered into regional groups.

  7. Aug 9, 2016 · Harry Hay was a pioneer of gay rights and a Communist Party member in the 1950s. He started the Mattachine Society, the first modern gay-rights organization, and fought for equality and social justice.

  8. Jun 25, 2021 · The activist Harry Hay (far right) at a reunion of the Mattachine Society, America’s first enduring gay-rights organization.

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