Hay was a regular speaker at [[North American Man-Boy Love Association]] (NAMBLA) Conferences; NAMBLA continues to carry a special tribute to Hay on its homepage along with his published material. Hay was known for making public statements to justify sexual abuse of minors. In 1983 Hay addressed a NAMBLA conference in New York. Hay said,
Hay was a regular speaker at [[North American Man-Boy Love Association]] (NAMBLA) Conferences; NAMBLA continues to carry a special tribute to Hay on its homepage along with his published material. Hay was known for making public statements to justify sexual abuse of minors. In 1983 Hay addressed a NAMBLA conference in New York. Hay said,
{{Cquote|Because if the parents and friends of gays are truly friends of gays, they would know from their gay kids that the relationship with an older man is precisely what thirteen-, fourteen-, and fifteen-year-old kids need more than anything else in the world.<ref>''The American Spectator'' Special Report, [http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10450 When Nancy Met Harry], Jeffrey Lord, 10/5/2006.</ref>}}
{{Cquote|Because if the parents and friends of gays are truly friends of gays, they would know from their gay kids that the relationship with an older man is precisely what thirteen-, fourteen-, and fifteen-year-old kids need more than anything else in the world.<ref>''The American Spectator'' Special Report, [http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10450 When Nancy Met Harry], Jeffrey Lord, 10/5/2006.</ref>}}
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=== Radical Faeries ===
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In the early 1950s, Hay and his lover, John Burnside, formed a queer spirituality group named ''Radical Faeries''.<ref name="Faderman2015">{{cite book |title=The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle |author=Lillian Faderman |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2015 |chapter=12. Say it proud – and loud: New gay politics |pages=204 |isbn=9781451694116 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Gay_Revolution.html?id=QWF5CgAAQBAJ |quote=}}</ref>