All about the Mattachine Society, the first enduring U.S. gay rights group

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The Wild, Sad Life of John Cage’s First Lover

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/onward-and-upward-with-the-arts/the-wild-sad-life-of-john-cages-first-lover

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From the article: "The Mattachine Society (/ˈmætəʃiːn/), founded in 1950, was an early national gay rights organization in the United States,[1] preceded by several covert and open organizations, such as Chicago's Society for Human Rights.[2] Communist and labor activist Harry Hay formed the group with a collection of male friends in Los Angeles to protect and improve the rights of gay men. Branches formed in other cities, and by 1961 the Society had splintered into regional groups."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society#Affiliations

#Reenactment of 1st #gay #rights #picket at #WhiteHouse drew #interest of #tourists

The #men were dressed in #suits and #ties and the #women in #dresses in keeping with a 1960s era #dresscode #policy for #protests of the #MattachineSociety of #WashingtonDC., the city’s first #gay #rights #group that #organized the 1965 #event

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https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/04/18/picket-reenactment-white-house/

#Searching for #SilverLake: the #radical #neighborhood that changed #gay #America.

Where is the #plaque?” Palencia asks. “The plaque was right here.” The plaque #commemorated the #MattachineSociety, one of the first #US “#homophile” #groups to openly #advocate for #acceptance. “It’s erasure. Erasure of our #history,” Palencia says. “This is where it all began, at least in modern times.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/02/silver-lake-los-angeles-queer-lgbtq-gay-history

#Gay #MassConsumption Before #Stonewall.

In the 1960s, the #MattachineSociety had only a few thousand #members. But tens of thousands of #men subscribed to #physique #magazines #published by #gay #entrepreneurs.

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https://daily.jstor.org/gay-mass-consumption-before-stonewall/