Radically Gay : Gay Liberation in the Words of Its Founder - Softcover

Hay, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807070815 ISBN 13: 9780807070819

Publisher: Beacon Press, 1997

Synopsis

This is the first collection of the words and speeches of the founder of the Mattachine Society and the modern gay movement.

About this title

Review:

Harry Hay is the acknowledged father (or mother, as he might prefer) of the modern gay liberation movement. As a Communist Party organizer and historian who founded the Mattachine Society in 1949, Hay began turning out essays, position papers, critical studies, and manifestos concerning what it means to be gay in the world. Radically Gay is a collection of those writings, edited by historian Will Rosco, and its breadth and depth is amazing. Radically Gay is an important contribution to gay history and letters; it tells us not only where we have been, but, more importantly, where we might be going.

About the Author:

Harry Hay lives in Los Angeles and remains an outspoken activist.

Will Roscoe is the author of Queer Spirits. He lives in San Fransisco.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0807070815
• ISBN 13: 9780807070819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Roscoe Will