American activist Harry Hay, co-founder of the Mattachine Society and the Radical Faeries, was BOTD in 1912. #harryhay #mattachinesociety #radicalfaeries #supergays #bornonthisday

The Origins of the Mattachine Movement and Harry Hay's Political Awakening - Leslie Feinberg (from Lavender & Red, 2005) #lgbt #lgbtq #socialist #communist #harryhay #mattachine #lesliefeinberg #marxist

The Catch-22 of Early LGBTQ Organizing - Leslie Feinberg (from Lavender & Red, 2005) #lgbt#lgbtq #socialist #communist #harryhay #mattachine #lesliefeinberg #marxist

DYK #CrossDresser #HarryHay named his #MattachineSociety after bands of renaissance dancers who dressed as fools? He left it because it frowned on #GenderPlay & founded #RadicalFaeries for #GayGuys who like fucking w/#GenderRoles. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex #QueerHistory

DYK the first nearly objective survey of #GayLife came out in 1951—"The Homosexual in America"? Edward Sagarin, aka Donald Webster Cory, agreed w/#HarryHay: #gays are an oppressed minority who need #GayRights. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex #QueerHistory

DYK #CrossDresser #HarryHay named his #MattachineSociety after bands of renaissance dancers who dressed as fools? He left it because it frowned on #GenderPlay & founded #RadicalFaeries for #GayGuys who like fucking w/#GenderRoles. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex #QueerHistory

DYK the first nearly objective survey of #GayLife came out in 1951—"The Homosexual in America"? Edward Sagarin, aka Donald Webster Cory, agreed w/#HarryHay: #gays are an oppressed minority who need #GayRights. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex #QueerHistory

In the room where it’s happening.
#PDXtheatre #TheTemperamentals #theatre #lgbtqTheatre #HarryHay #MattachineSociety

Harry Hay (1912–2002) was a pioneering LGBTQ rights activist who founded the Mattachine Society, one of the first gay rights organizations in the U.S. His work helped shape the modern movement for equality, advocating for visibility and community empowerment. #HarryHay #LGBTQHistory #Pride

On this day in queer history: 11 April 1953

The Mattachine Society holds its first convention in Los Angeles, becoming one of the earliest U.S. organizations to advocate for gay rights.

#QueerHistory #MattachineSociety #HarryHay

#OTD #November11 #Peace #Love #Art #Activism #Haymarket Riot executions 1886 #WorldWarI ends 1918 #AlicePaul arrested 1909 #ChurchofEngland women priests 1992 #Poland 1918 #Rhodesia 1965 #Angola 1975 independent, #WesleyEverest lynched 1919, #HarryHay 1950 woodstockwhisperer.info/2015/11/11/n...

i've always felt i carried a golden secret, a wonderful secret—every time i thought about it, it made me feel warm inside and good
#harryhay #botd