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   Harry Hay. 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.

   • Children: 2
   • Nationality: American

   • Died: October 24, 2002 (aged 90), San Francisco, California, U.S.
   • Born: Henry Hay Jr., April 7, 1912, Worthing, Sussex, England

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Harry-Hay-JrHarry Hay | Biography, Activism, & Facts | Britannica

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   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.

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   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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6. 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...

7. progressive.org › magazine › meet-pioneer-gay-rightsMeet Pioneer of Gay Rights, Harry Hay - Progressive.org

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   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.

   • Author: Anne-Marie Cusac

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   Why did Harry Hay start a gay movement?

   • The impulse came out of a brew of other identities and allegiances that mingled in him, all of them described by his biographer, Stuart Timmons, in ''The Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement'' (Alyson Publications, 1990).

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

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   Who is Harry Hay?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Harry Hay (born April 7, 1912, Worthing, Sussex, England—died October 24, 2002, San Francisco, California, U.S.) American gay rights activist who believed that homosexuals should see themselves as an oppressed minority entitled to equal rights.

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   Who was John Hay?

   • This lovely interview with Hay by Anne-Marie Cusac was published in the September 1998 issue of The Progressive magazine. Then-editor Matt Rothschild called Hay "a hero of ours," writing that he should be a household name. He wrote: "This courageous and visionary man launched the modern gay-rights movement even in the teeth of McCarthyism."

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   Was Harry Hay a Marxist?

   • Harry Hay Papers, San Francisco. So, to recap this dizzying array of theory: Hay's research project was a fundamentally Marxist endeavor.

   What Are We For? Harry Hay and the Left, 1953-1964, by Ben Miller

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   How did Harry Hay, the founder of the Mattachine Society and a queer activist, develop his vision of same-sex loving people and relationships during his 'lost decade'? This article explores his encounters with Native American cultures, Marxist theory, and Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State.

10. www.newyorker.com › culture › cultural-commentHarry Hay, John Cage, and the Birth of Gay Rights in Los ...

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    Jun 25, 2021 · Five men sat together on a hillside in the late afternoon, imagining a world in which they did not have to hide. By Alex Ross. June 25, 2021. The activist Harry Hay (far right) at a reunion of...