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A slang term describing a sterotyped subculture that originated in the late 1960s, notable for psychedelic music, sexual freedom, and [[drug]]-use.

A subculture that originated in the late 1960s, notable for psychedelic music, sexual freedom, and [[drug]]-use.

Many of the elements of hippie counterculture, such as an anti-corporate ideology and the anarchic, experimental, libertarian strands, have grown (as seeds of change planted almost fifty years ago) into 21st century plants. Many aspects of alternative cultures that were shocking in the 1960s have now become acceptable in mainstream society, such as "recreational" use of psychedelic drugs. <ref> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1612717,00.html </ref>

Many of the elements of hippie counterculture, such as an anti-corporate ideology and the anarchic, experimental, libertarian strands, have grown (as seeds of change planted almost fifty years ago) into 21st century plants. Many aspects of alternative cultures that were shocking in the 1960s have now become acceptable in mainstream society, such as "recreational" use of psychedelic drugs. <ref> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1612717,00.html </ref>

===[[Harry Hay]]===

===[[Harry Hay]]===

Harry Hay was founder of the Radical Faeries, a loosely affiliated international group of mostly gay men, hippies, neopagans, environmentalists, and eco-feminists.  Hay is a radical who is accreditted as the founder of the modern [[gay rights]] movement in the United States.  As an octogenarian Hay was still known to dress as a hippie [http://www.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_01.11.01/columns/pink.php].

Harry Hay was founder of the Radical Faeries, a loosely affiliated international group of mostly gay men, hippies, neopagans, environmentalists, and eco-feminists.  Hay is a radical who is accredited as the founder of the modern [[gay rights]] movement in the United States.  As an octogenarian Hay was still known to dress as a hippie [http://www.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_01.11.01/columns/pink.php].