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| | [[Image:Harry Hay.jpg|thumbnail|150px|Many consider Harry Hay to be the founder of the American homosexual movement.]] | | [[Image:Harry Hay.jpg|thumbnail|150px|Many consider Harry Hay to be the founder of the American homosexual movement.]] |
| − | '''Harry Hay''' (1912 - 2002) was a [[liberal]] advocate of [[statutory rape]] and the widely acknowledged founder and progenitor of the activist [[homosexual agenda]] in the [[United States]]. Hay joined the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) in 1934.<ref>''The Boston Phoenix'', [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511115.htm The real Harry Hay], Michael Bronski, October 31 - November 7, 2002.</ref> Harry Hay was an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref>http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/ss_politics0010_01_07.asp</ref> | + | '''Harry Hay''' (April 7, 1912 - October 24, 2002) was a [[liberal]] advocate of [[statutory rape]] and the widely acknowledged founder and progenitor of the activist [[homosexual agenda]] in the [[United States]]. Hay joined the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) in 1934.<ref>''The Boston Phoenix'', [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511115.htm The real Harry Hay], Michael Bronski, October 31 - November 7, 2002.</ref> Harry Hay was an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref>http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/ss_politics0010_01_07.asp</ref> |
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| | ==Early life== | | ==Early life== |
| − | Born '''Henry Hay''', from 1936 to 1938 he worked on the End Poverty in California campaign, the Hollywood Writers’ Mobilization, the [[American League Against War and Fascism]], the [[Mobilization for Democracy]], the [[Workers’ Alliance of America]] and [[Labor’s Non-Partisan League]].<ref>[http://www.workers.org/2005/us/lgbtseries-0428/ Harry Hay heard ‘siren song of revolution’], Leslie Feinberg, ''Workers World'', Apr 20, 2005.</ref> | + | Born '''Henry Hay''' on April 7, 1912 in Worthing, Sussex, England, to Harry Hay, Sr. and Margaret Neall Hay.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3FYzMPH2OwC&pg=PT138 Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture]</ref> |
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| | ==Activism== | | ==Activism== |
| | + | From 1936 to 1938 he worked on the End Poverty in California campaign, the Hollywood Writers’ Mobilization, the [[American League Against War and Fascism]], the [[Mobilization for Democracy]], the [[Workers’ Alliance of America]] and [[Labor’s Non-Partisan League]].<ref>[http://www.workers.org/2005/us/lgbtseries-0428/ Harry Hay heard ‘siren song of revolution’], Leslie Feinberg, ''Workers World'', Apr 20, 2005.</ref> |
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| | In 1950, Hay was a founder of the [[Mattachine Society]]. | | In 1950, Hay was a founder of the [[Mattachine Society]]. |
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