Radically Gay [Paperback]

This is the first collection of the words and speeches of the founder of the Mattachine Society and the modern gay movement.Essential reading for anyone trying to understand what it means to be gay, bisexual, transgender or straight. —Urvashi Vaid, author ofVirtual Equality

Editor Will Roscoe has assembled a crackling collection of provocative, inspiring essays written by Hay during the course of his long struggle for freedom and liberation. . . . By documenting the past, as Hay and Roscoe have done here, we can perhaps find some of the answers that we mistakenly believe have eluded us. —William J. Mann,Lambda Book Report

A fine new edition of Harry Hay's writings. . . . Roscoe's work [is] a model of clear and grounded academic writing. —Al Cotton,The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review

Harry Hay is a remarkable individual. . . . [Radically Gay] provides wonderful glimpses into Hay's own evolution from Marxist pedant to shamanic faerie elder. —Jack Fertig,San Francisco Bay Times

Offers invaluable insight into the vision of one man who made it possible for millions to live in freedom and with self-respect. —New York NativeHarry Hay lives in Los Angeles and remains an outspoken activist.

Will Roscoe is the author ofQueer Spirits. He lives in San Fransisco.US