Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homos*xuals.
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| Birth: | 7th April, 1912 |
| Death: | 24th October, 2002 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Activist |
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Henry "Harry" Hay, Jr. was born in Worthing, Sussex, England. He was a prominent American gay rights activist, communist, labor advocate, and Native American civil rights campaigner. He was a founder of the Mattachine Society, the first sustained gay rights group in the United States, as well as the Radical Faeries, a loosely affiliated gay spiritual movement. He studied at Stanford University, he subsequently became a professional actor in Los Angeles, where he joined the Communist Party USA, becoming a committed activist in left-wing labor and anti-racist campaigns.
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