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==Early life==

==Early life==

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>

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> In 1934, Hay became involved in a homosexual affair with Hollywood actor and fellow CPUSA member [[Will Geer]].  He was also involved in flings with other homosexuals over time before entering into an affair with fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, which lasted from 1950 to 1952.

==Activism==

==Activism==

In 1950, Hay was a founder of the [[Mattachine Society]].

In 1950, Hay was a founder of the [[Mattachine Society]].

The original founders of the [[Mat­tachine Foundation]] were all either former CPUSA members or fellow travelers.  The first step Hay took in organizing the Mattachine Foundation was to recommend to the CPUSA that he be expelled in 1951 after eighteen years as a member. Rather than do that in light of his years of service to the party and work as a teacher at the [[California Labor School]],<ref>[http://www.sojournertruth.net/ipp.html#i In Partial Payment Class Struggle, Sexuality and Gay Liberation (1978)], by A. Rausch. Retrieved from ''Urgent Tasks: [[Leftist|Journal of the Revolutionary Left]]'', Sojourner Truth Organization Digital Archive , 10 May 2007.</ref> they released him as “a security risk but a life-long friend of the people.”  The early leadership of the Foundation shaped the organization to reflect the cell structure of the Communist Party, in which "secrecy, hierarchical structures, and centralized leadership predominated." <ref>John D'Emilio, ''Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983), quoted in Martin Meeker, Behind the Mask of Respectability, ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'', (2001) 78-116.</ref>

The original founders of the Mat­tachine Society were all either former CPUSA members or fellow travelers.  The first step Hay took in organizing the Mattachine Society was to recommend to the CPUSA that he be expelled in 1951 after eighteen years as a member. Rather than do that in light of his years of service to the party and work as a teacher at the [[California Labor School]],<ref>[http://www.sojournertruth.net/ipp.html#i In Partial Payment Class Struggle, Sexuality and Gay Liberation (1978)], by A. Rausch. Retrieved from ''Urgent Tasks: [[Leftist|Journal of the Revolutionary Left]]'', Sojourner Truth Organization Digital Archive , 10 May 2007.</ref> they released him as “a security risk but a life-long friend of the people.”  The early leadership of the Foundation shaped the organization to reflect the cell structure of the Communist Party, in which "secrecy, hierarchical structures, and centralized leadership predominated." <ref>John D'Emilio, ''Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983), quoted in Martin Meeker, Behind the Mask of Respectability, ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'', (2001) 78-116.</ref>

Hay and his comrades began circulating the anti-war [[Stockholm Peace petition]] against the US campaign in the [[Korean War]] which was sponsored by the [[USSR]] and the East European Communist parties <ref>[http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/germberia.htm New Russian Evidence on the Korean War Biological Warfare Allegations: Background and Analysis,] Milton Leitenberg, Cold War International History Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.</ref> at a gay beach in Los Angeles.  Some of the contacts they gained in this way were later organized into their first study and discussion groups. The first months pro­duced hundreds of members.  

Hay and his comrades began circulating the anti-war [[Stockholm Peace petition]] against the US campaign in the [[Korean War]] which was sponsored by the [[USSR]] and the East European Communist parties <ref>[http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/germberia.htm New Russian Evidence on the Korean War Biological Warfare Allegations: Background and Analysis,] Milton Leitenberg, Cold War International History Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.</ref> at a homosexual-frequented beach in Los Angeles.  Some of the contacts they gained in this way were later organized into their first study and discussion groups. The first months pro­duced hundreds of members.  

=== Advocating of older men having sex with young boys ===

=== Advocating of older men having sex with young boys ===

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,<ref name="Spectator2006">{{cite web |title=When Nancy Met Harry |url=http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10450 When Nancy Met Harry |author=Jeffrey Lord |publisher=The American Spectator |date=5 Oct 2006 |accessdate=15 Jul 2018 |quote=Celebrant number 31 was the late Harry Hay. Harry, it seems, was quite the guy. In fact, it is not too much to say that he was famous in San Francisco. He was famous not only as a founder of the gay rights movement, for his one-time relationship with actor [[Will Geer]] (who played Grandpa Walton on The Waltons TV series,) he was also known for being featured in the 1976 documentary film of gay life titled Word Is Out. When he died the following year after the parade, at 90, the New York Times Magazine featured him in “The Lives They Lived,” its annual pictorial salute to famous Americans who had passed away during the preceding year. In addition to laudatory obits in both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, the Chronicle did a considerably flattering obituary. “Harry Hay, gay rights pioneer, dies at 90.” The paper favorably notes a number of things in Harry’s life, including his left-leaning politics, his connection with the Communist Party in the 1930s and his founding of “The Mattachine Society,” a group the Chronicle calls “the first sustained homosexual rights organization in the United States.”

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,<ref name="Spectator2006">{{cite web |title=When Nancy Met Harry |url=http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10450 When Nancy Met Harry |author=Jeffrey Lord |publisher=The American Spectator |date=5 Oct 2006 |accessdate=15 Jul 2018 |quote=Celebrant number 31 was the late Harry Hay. Harry, it seems, was quite the guy. In fact, it is not too much to say that he was famous in San Francisco. He was famous not only as a founder of the gay rights movement, for his one-time relationship with actor Will Geer (who played Grandpa Walton on ''The Waltons'' TV series,) he was also known for being featured in the 1976 documentary film of gay life titled ''Word Is Out''. When he died the following year after the parade, at 90, the New York Times Magazine featured him in “The Lives They Lived,” its annual pictorial salute to famous Americans who had passed away during the preceding year. In addition to laudatory obits in both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, the Chronicle did a considerably flattering obituary. “Harry Hay, gay rights pioneer, dies at 90.” The paper favorably notes a number of things in Harry’s life, including his left-leaning politics, his connection with the Communist Party in the 1930s and his founding of “The Mattachine Society,” a group the Chronicle calls “the first sustained homosexual rights organization in the United States.”

Fair enough. The Chronicle, however, left something else out of the obituary entirely. It was a very strong belief held by Harry Hay that, if one is to believe all the attention devoted to Harry on the Internet, was common knowledge in San Francisco.

Fair enough. The Chronicle, however, left something else out of the obituary entirely. It was a very strong belief held by Harry Hay that, if one is to believe all the attention devoted to Harry on the Internet, was common knowledge in San Francisco.

Harry Hay was a fierce advocate of man/boy love. While The Chronicle simply ignored Harry’s views, the North American Man/Boy Love Association was only too delighted to put up a collection of Harry’s views on the need for young boys to have older men as sexual partners. Here’s just a sample taken from a talk at a New York University forum sponsored by a campus gay group in 1983.

Harry Hay was a fierce advocate of man/boy love. While The Chronicle simply ignored Harry’s views, the North American Man/Boy Love Association was only too delighted to put up a collection of Harry’s views on the need for young boys to have older men as sexual partners. Here’s just a sample taken from a talk at a New York University forum sponsored by a campus gay group in 1983.