Birthdate: April 7, 1912
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Worthing, Sussex, England
Died: October 24, 2002
Harry Hay was a renowned American gay rights activist, labor advocate, and communist. He was a co-founder of the Mattachine Society, the first gay rights group in the US, and the Radical Faeries, a gay spiritual movement. Hay was widely recognized as “the Founder of the Modern Gay Movement” and “the father of gay liberation.” He was a professional actor in LA and a member of the Communist Party USA, where he became a dedicated labor activist. Hay was against assimilationism in the gay rights movement and played a key role in establishing the Los Angeles Gay Liberation Front.
