thinking about how when i was a teenager i was obsessed with the homophile movement. 15 years old reading back issues of the mattachine review
November 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
thinking about how when i was a teenager i was obsessed with the homophile movement. 15 years old reading back issues of the mattachine review
Talking about are the Mattachine society, but gay liberation really started in 1969 with Stonewall. Many people would argue how important mattachine was since they really didn’t have a lot of members and didn’t last too long, though it was important.
October 29, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Talking about are the Mattachine society, but gay liberation really started in 1969 with Stonewall. Many people would argue how important mattachine was since they really didn’t have a lot of members and didn’t last too long, though it was important.
Ich meine das hatte damals schon innerhalb der Community mit der Mattachine Society stattgefunden. Das Stonewall dann generell von weissen Mittelständlern vereinnahmt wurde, halte ich auch für den Grund vieler Probleme die Queeraktivismus heutzutage, speziell im Englischsprachigen Raum hat.
November 2, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Ich meine das hatte damals schon innerhalb der Community mit der Mattachine Society stattgefunden. Das Stonewall dann generell von weissen Mittelständlern vereinnahmt wurde, halte ich auch für den Grund vieler Probleme die Queeraktivismus heutzutage, speziell im Englischsprachigen Raum hat.
I pulled my ongoing donations to Stonewall when they appointed Kezia Dugdale when she played down JK Rowling’s position.
Maybe playing it safe will make a difference in, say, 20 to 30 years. But this just feels like another subversive movement shifting to conservatism, like the Mattachine Society
Maybe playing it safe will make a difference in, say, 20 to 30 years. But this just feels like another subversive movement shifting to conservatism, like the Mattachine Society
November 2, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I pulled my ongoing donations to Stonewall when they appointed Kezia Dugdale when she played down JK Rowling’s position.
Maybe playing it safe will make a difference in, say, 20 to 30 years. But this just feels like another subversive movement shifting to conservatism, like the Mattachine Society
Maybe playing it safe will make a difference in, say, 20 to 30 years. But this just feels like another subversive movement shifting to conservatism, like the Mattachine Society
Los Angeles, 1950: the Mattachine Society turned
guarded conversations into organized gay rights
work. A linked double-Mars pendant remembers the
circles where collective power grew before visibility
was safe #LGBTQHistoryMonth
guarded conversations into organized gay rights
work. A linked double-Mars pendant remembers the
circles where collective power grew before visibility
was safe #LGBTQHistoryMonth
October 29, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Los Angeles, 1950: the Mattachine Society turned
guarded conversations into organized gay rights
work. A linked double-Mars pendant remembers the
circles where collective power grew before visibility
was safe #LGBTQHistoryMonth
guarded conversations into organized gay rights
work. A linked double-Mars pendant remembers the
circles where collective power grew before visibility
was safe #LGBTQHistoryMonth
Erasing the contributions of groups like STAR, centering the methodology of the Mattachine society, and acting like trans rights is the new kid on the block that needs to learn from the history of the specifically 'gay' struggle feels like a joke without a punchline.
October 25, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Erasing the contributions of groups like STAR, centering the methodology of the Mattachine society, and acting like trans rights is the new kid on the block that needs to learn from the history of the specifically 'gay' struggle feels like a joke without a punchline.
#otd 2002 — “Harry Hay, who after 15 years as a member, left the Communist Party in 1951 to build the Mattachine Society, the first major gay rights organization in the United States, and who later co-founded the Radical Faeries, died”
October 24, 2026 at 12:38 PM
#otd 2002 — “Harry Hay, who after 15 years as a member, left the Communist Party in 1951 to build the Mattachine Society, the first major gay rights organization in the United States, and who later co-founded the Radical Faeries, died”
oh agreed. those 10 brave souls in 1965 with signs in front of the White House...
Stonewall was a big part of it but let's not forget the Mattachine Society
Stonewall was a big part of it but let's not forget the Mattachine Society
October 24, 2026 at 5:24 AM
oh agreed. those 10 brave souls in 1965 with signs in front of the White House...
Stonewall was a big part of it but let's not forget the Mattachine Society
Stonewall was a big part of it but let's not forget the Mattachine Society
American politics only allows for so much positive charisma to thrive and if you’re a sexual minority with lots of charisma, don’t even bother. The Mattachine school of thought is alive and well in DC.
October 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
American politics only allows for so much positive charisma to thrive and if you’re a sexual minority with lots of charisma, don’t even bother. The Mattachine school of thought is alive and well in DC.
November 1969 Mattachine Midwest planned legal action to protest a sweep of Chicago gay bar raids that had netted 23 arrests
October 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
November 1969 Mattachine Midwest planned legal action to protest a sweep of Chicago gay bar raids that had netted 23 arrests
October is LGBTQ History Month:
Streetbar opened on Arenas 35 years ago
The Dinah celebrates 35 years of lesbian parties, acceptance, and community
The Mattachine Society was born 75 years ago
The Riviera Hotel is the historic site where PS Pride began in 1986
To learn more: lgbthistorymonth.com
Streetbar opened on Arenas 35 years ago
The Dinah celebrates 35 years of lesbian parties, acceptance, and community
The Mattachine Society was born 75 years ago
The Riviera Hotel is the historic site where PS Pride began in 1986
To learn more: lgbthistorymonth.com
October 18, 2026 at 5:53 AM
October is LGBTQ History Month:
Streetbar opened on Arenas 35 years ago
The Dinah celebrates 35 years of lesbian parties, acceptance, and community
The Mattachine Society was born 75 years ago
The Riviera Hotel is the historic site where PS Pride began in 1986
To learn more: lgbthistorymonth.com
Streetbar opened on Arenas 35 years ago
The Dinah celebrates 35 years of lesbian parties, acceptance, and community
The Mattachine Society was born 75 years ago
The Riviera Hotel is the historic site where PS Pride began in 1986
To learn more: lgbthistorymonth.com
10/15/1952
In Los Angeles, W. Dorr Legg (December 15, 1904—July 26, 1994) and six friends including Dale Jennings, all members of the Mattachine Society, discuss publishing a journal to promote education and research activities beneficial to gay men and lesbians. The magazine ONE, Inc. is founded.
In Los Angeles, W. Dorr Legg (December 15, 1904—July 26, 1994) and six friends including Dale Jennings, all members of the Mattachine Society, discuss publishing a journal to promote education and research activities beneficial to gay men and lesbians. The magazine ONE, Inc. is founded.
October 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
10/15/1952
In Los Angeles, W. Dorr Legg (December 15, 1904—July 26, 1994) and six friends including Dale Jennings, all members of the Mattachine Society, discuss publishing a journal to promote education and research activities beneficial to gay men and lesbians. The magazine ONE, Inc. is founded.
In Los Angeles, W. Dorr Legg (December 15, 1904—July 26, 1994) and six friends including Dale Jennings, all members of the Mattachine Society, discuss publishing a journal to promote education and research activities beneficial to gay men and lesbians. The magazine ONE, Inc. is founded.
The importance of the Mattachine Society & Homosexual Law Reform Society is constantly overlooked.
October 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
The importance of the Mattachine Society & Homosexual Law Reform Society is constantly overlooked.
Found this in a buck bin at a Santa Cruz bookstore - biography of Jim Foshee, a gay man who came out in the late 1950s, and was connected to several pioneering gay right groups, including The Mattachine Society. Fascinating read.
October 6, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Found this in a buck bin at a Santa Cruz bookstore - biography of Jim Foshee, a gay man who came out in the late 1950s, and was connected to several pioneering gay right groups, including The Mattachine Society. Fascinating read.
Harry Hay and allies established the Mattachine Society, one of the earliest gay rights organizations in the USA, in Los Angeles on November 11, 1950.
October 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Harry Hay and allies established the Mattachine Society, one of the earliest gay rights organizations in the USA, in Los Angeles on November 11, 1950.
The Mattachine Society didn't work
But riots, lawsuits, and refusing to disappear damn sure did
But riots, lawsuits, and refusing to disappear damn sure did
September 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The Mattachine Society didn't work
But riots, lawsuits, and refusing to disappear damn sure did
But riots, lawsuits, and refusing to disappear damn sure did
I'm sure she'd say she's taking the high road, being magnanimous, etc.
The reality is that she shows us as people with not even an ounce of self-respect, who will passively accept bigotry instead of standing up for ourselves
Which aligns with her Mattachine-style approach to our rights
The reality is that she shows us as people with not even an ounce of self-respect, who will passively accept bigotry instead of standing up for ourselves
Which aligns with her Mattachine-style approach to our rights
September 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I'm sure she'd say she's taking the high road, being magnanimous, etc.
The reality is that she shows us as people with not even an ounce of self-respect, who will passively accept bigotry instead of standing up for ourselves
Which aligns with her Mattachine-style approach to our rights
The reality is that she shows us as people with not even an ounce of self-respect, who will passively accept bigotry instead of standing up for ourselves
Which aligns with her Mattachine-style approach to our rights
LGBTQ Global Book Odyssey…
Los Angeles. The Mattachine Society.
LGBTQ, everywhere, always.
#LGBTQGlobalOdyssey #LGBTQ #GayBooks #LosAngeles
Los Angeles. The Mattachine Society.
LGBTQ, everywhere, always.
#LGBTQGlobalOdyssey #LGBTQ #GayBooks #LosAngeles
September 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
LGBTQ Global Book Odyssey…
Los Angeles. The Mattachine Society.
LGBTQ, everywhere, always.
#LGBTQGlobalOdyssey #LGBTQ #GayBooks #LosAngeles
Los Angeles. The Mattachine Society.
LGBTQ, everywhere, always.
#LGBTQGlobalOdyssey #LGBTQ #GayBooks #LosAngeles
If like me you find yourself looking for issues of ONE, the Homosexual Magazine, from time to time, they are all up on Internet Archive. I should assign students to do something with these ... archive.org/details/one-...
ONE Magazine
ONE Magazine was published from 1953 until 1967 by the Los Angeles gay rights organization ONE, Inc., an offshoot of the Mattachine Society. It was the first periodical dedicated to positive coverage ...
archive.org
September 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
If like me you find yourself looking for issues of ONE, the Homosexual Magazine, from time to time, they are all up on Internet Archive. I should assign students to do something with these ... archive.org/details/one-...
Also: who do we remember with pride and fondness from the 60s and 70s? The people who threw bricks at Stonewall, or the Mattachine Society crowd who condemned the first group of people and desperately tried to blend in and be normal?
September 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Also: who do we remember with pride and fondness from the 60s and 70s? The people who threw bricks at Stonewall, or the Mattachine Society crowd who condemned the first group of people and desperately tried to blend in and be normal?
The Daughters of Bilitis were not assimilationist.
I honestly don't know about the Mattachine Society. Again, I know that they were less confrontational than groups that would come later, but "low profile and scared" is different than "assimilationist."
I honestly don't know about the Mattachine Society. Again, I know that they were less confrontational than groups that would come later, but "low profile and scared" is different than "assimilationist."
September 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Daughters of Bilitis were not assimilationist.
I honestly don't know about the Mattachine Society. Again, I know that they were less confrontational than groups that would come later, but "low profile and scared" is different than "assimilationist."
I honestly don't know about the Mattachine Society. Again, I know that they were less confrontational than groups that would come later, but "low profile and scared" is different than "assimilationist."
I was told when I was young that Frank Kameny visited the New York Mattachine Society and helped radicalize people that participated in the Stonewall riots.
Are there any historians on here that know if that’s true?
Are there any historians on here that know if that’s true?
September 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I was told when I was young that Frank Kameny visited the New York Mattachine Society and helped radicalize people that participated in the Stonewall riots.
Are there any historians on here that know if that’s true?
Are there any historians on here that know if that’s true?
One of the things that's interestingly *wrong* in that Smithsonian article is that it lumps Mattachine and DoB together as assimilationist and that's just not true.
They were both early organizations and they both were subdued in their actions bc of the high risk in the pre-Stonewall era, but ...
They were both early organizations and they both were subdued in their actions bc of the high risk in the pre-Stonewall era, but ...
September 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
One of the things that's interestingly *wrong* in that Smithsonian article is that it lumps Mattachine and DoB together as assimilationist and that's just not true.
They were both early organizations and they both were subdued in their actions bc of the high risk in the pre-Stonewall era, but ...
They were both early organizations and they both were subdued in their actions bc of the high risk in the pre-Stonewall era, but ...
The Mattachine Society was at least partly about protecting the privileges of being an affluent White man and extending that to affluent Gay White men.
The Daughters of Bilitis were not assimilationist.
I honestly don't know about the Mattachine Society. Again, I know that they were less confrontational than groups that would come later, but "low profile and scared" is different than "assimilationist."
I honestly don't know about the Mattachine Society. Again, I know that they were less confrontational than groups that would come later, but "low profile and scared" is different than "assimilationist."
September 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The Mattachine Society was at least partly about protecting the privileges of being an affluent White man and extending that to affluent Gay White men.