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Hay was elected its first chairman. Due to pervasive homophobia, Hay and his Mattachine Society colleagues took an oath of anonymity not to reveal member names. Following his Mattachine Society ouster, Hay withdrew from organized activism for more than a decade.

Harry Hay died in at age 90 with Burnside by his side. Harry Hay, American gay rights activist who believed that homosexuals should see themselves as an oppressed minority entitled to equal rights.

Harry Hay Making Gay : “The assimilation movement is running us into the ground,” Hay said

Harry Hay was one tough sissy. They became partners for nearly 40 years. His mother nurtured his creative side, teaching him piano and dance.

Heredia, Christopher. Activist b. Thank you to executive producer Sara Burningham and the rest of the Making Gay History crew: producer Josh Gwynn, production coordinator Inge De Taeye, social media producer Denio Lourenco, photo editor Michael Green, and our guardian angel, Jenna Weiss-Berman.

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He performed on stage with Will Geer, who became his lover and introduced him to the Communist Party. Hay has been described as "the Founder of the Modern Gay Movement" [3] and "the father of gay liberation. Hay was born to American parents in England.

InHay met John Burnside, an inventor and activist. As Hay grew up, he became outraged by intolerance toward gays—especially from police who regularly entrapped, arrested and blackmailed homosexuals. InHarry Hay founded the Mattachine Society, an underground network for homosexuals.

They adopted two daughters. Abuse Survivor. He acted on his convictions and in large measure prompted the dramatic changes in the status of homosexuals that took place in the U.S. in the hay gay half of the 20th century. Inthe family moved to Los Angeles.

Cusac, Anne-Marie. Inwhen Hay felt compelled to go public about his involvement with the Mattachine Society, the couple divorced. Hay confided his homosexuality to fellow Party members, who encouraged him to get married. Henry Hay Jr. (April 7, – October 24, ) was an American gay rights activist, communist, and labor advocate.

Making Gay History is a team effort. It was one of the first American gay organizations. Inthe Mattachine Society rejected Hay for his Communist beliefs. Word Is Out After Stonewall Somatography Harry Hay. Icon Tags. 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.