[108], Hay met Rudi Gernreich in July 1950, with the pair soon entering a relationship. [6], In April 1951, Hay informed his wife about his continuing homosexuality and his work with the Mattachine Society; she was angry and upset. We werent a collection of innocent victims. Real love had no color. It wasnt always easy for Ray to forgive. cemeteries found in Escambia County, Alabama, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Hay's developing belief in the cultural minority status of homosexuals led him to take a stand against the assimilationism advocated by the majority of gay rights campaigners. [139] Moving to downtown Los Angeles, together the pair created a gay brotherhood called the Circle of Loving Friends in 1965, although they would frequently be the only members of it. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. WebDied: March 2, 2017. Failed to report flower. Henry Marsh Henry Marsh studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1984 and was appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley's/St George's Hospital in London in 1987. Donald was abducted at random from a Mobile street by two men, then beaten, cut and strangled. Hay has been described as "the Founder of the Modern Gay Movement"[3] and "the father of gay liberation". Failed to delete memorial. Although Henry has had a major change of heart over the years and now rejects the racist ideologies that his parents instilled in him, Bennie is still deeply racist himself. [25][21] Despite his wealth, Hay, Sr. did not spoil his son, and made him work on the farm. Instead he joined an alternate parade called "The Spirit of Stonewall". As more joined the circle, they began meeting in West Hollywood's First Presbyterian Church and then the olive grove atop the hill at Barnsdall Park; however they found it difficult to gain the same change of consciousness that had been present at the rural gathering. Briefly studying 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. [48] It has been claimed that here he learned about Chicago-based gay rights group the Society for Human Rights,[49] although Hay would later deny having any knowledge of previous LGBT activism. We had met a few more times in book club and had read Your Blues Aint Like Mine, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Uncle Toms Cabin. [32][21] Becoming a voracious reader, in 1923 he began to volunteer at a public library, where he discovered a copy of Edward Carpenter's book The Intermediate Sex. An all White jury found the Klan responsible for the lynching of Michael Donald and ordered it to pay 7 million dollars to Mrs. Donald. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147863729/henry-francis-hays. There was an error deleting this problem. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Served in Spanish American War. It didnt undo what was done. [177] There, Hay publicly revealed the founding trio's desire for the creation of a permanent residential Faery community, where they could grow their own crops and thus live self-sustainably. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. Hay Sr. would beat his son for perceived transgressions, with Hay later suspecting that his father disliked him for having effeminate traits. [53] He came to frequent the gay scene in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, attending parties where men danced with men, women danced with women, people cross-dressed, and alcohol was consumed, all of which was illegal. Failed to remove flower. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. You have funeral questions, we have answers. Returning to Los Angeles, Hay remained involved in an array of activist causes throughout his life, and became a well-known, albeit controversial, elder statesman within the country's gay community. The National Museum & Archive of Lesbian and Gay History (1996). To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Henry Joseph Junior Strecker, age 86, peacefully passed away on Jan 14, 2023, at his home in Wichita, KS. Hay's great-uncle, Francis Hardie, carried the Third Cavalry flag at Wounded Knee. The Rev. [136], Feeling that he was being restrained by the relationship, Hay left Kamgren, in 1963 beginning a brief relationship with Jim Kepner. That night, Ray showers next to a guy named Jimmy Dill; Jimmy says that, to testify, because judges dont like guys from out of town. [77] In early 1937, Hay, Sr. was partly paralysed following a stroke, leaving Hay to take on many of his family duties. [186] Although pleased with the popular protests in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe that took place in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was unhappy that those nations abandoned the socialist cause altogether and retained his faith in Marxism. Hay organised the publication of literature on the subject, forming an umbrella activist group, and building it into a national campaign through the Nation-Wide Friends of the Rio Grande. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Tiresome bitchiness and boasting predominated. [6] When speaking at the 1983 Gay Academic Union forum at New York University, his speech included, "If the parents and friends of gays are truly friends of gays, they would know from their gay kids that the relationship with an older man is precisely what thirteen-, fourteen-, and fifteen-year-old kids need more than anything else in the world", as well as highlighting his own relationship with an adult man when he was fourteen, saying "I send to all of you my love and deep affection for what you offer to the boys, in honor of this boy when he was fourteen, and when he needed to know best of all what only another gay man could show him and tell him". I knew guys named Larry and Henry and Victor and Jesse. As far as we were concerned, Stonewall meant that the East Coast was catching up. And with lots of restrictions. [113][114] The group changed its name to "Mattachine Society" in April 1951, chosen by Hay at the suggestion of fellow member James Gruber,[115][116] based on Medieval French secret societies of masked men who (through their anonymity) were empowered to criticize ruling monarchs with impunity. [58], Relocating to Los Angeles, Hay moved back in with his parents. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. He was ashamed of how he had been brought up and ashamed of the beliefs that had brought him to the row. Having witnessed the move of Mattachine away from its founding Marxist activist principles and having seen the gay community marginalize drag queens and the leather subculture through the first decade of the post-Stonewall gay movement, Hay opposed what he believed were efforts to move other groups to the margins as the gay rights movement progressed.[194]. [34] Coming to reject Catholicism,[35] he remained at the school for three mandatory years before deciding to remain for a further two. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Life was a gift given by God. It wasnt logical. Others however wanted the movement to focus on spirituality and exploring the psyche, lambasting politics as part of "the straight world". Weve updated the security on the site. [90] There, Hay went through various jobs, including with Russian War Relief, as a puddler, and as a production engineer at a manufacturing plant. He spoke of justice and of mercy and of a system that was so broken it locked up children and the mentally ill and the innocent. WebHarry Hays Morgan Jr. (April 25, 1898 July 8, 1983) was an American diplomat, society figure and actor. [94], In September 1943, Hay and his wife adopted a daughter, Hannah Margaret, soon moving to a larger home nearby to accommodate her. Hay was elected its first chairperson, organising pickets of homophobic establishments, holding a one-day "Gay-In" in Griffith Park and "funky dances" at Troupers Hall to challenge the legal restrictions on same-sex dancing. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Hays, 42, was executed in Alabamas electric chair early Friday for the 1981 slaying. [149] However, in June 1973 an accidental fire destroyed their kaleidoscope factory and mail order inventory, leaving them without a livelihood. [78], Hay began Jungian analysis in 1937. "[193] Having rooted his political philosophy from the founding of Mattachine in the belief that homosexuals constituted a cultural minority, Hay was wary of discarding the unique attributes of that minority in favor of adopting the cultural traits of the majority for the purpose of societal acceptance. LitCharts Teacher Editions. As the pair became increasingly interested in the counter-culture, many individuals belonging to the movement came to work for them. Compassion doesnt know what color you are, and I think Henry felt more love from the black men on death row than he ever did at a KKK meeting or from his own father and mother. He later claimed that the psychiatrist "misled" him into believing that through marriage to a woman, he could become heterosexual; the psychiatrist suggested that Hay find himself a "boyish girl". [70] Hay and Geer spent a weekend in San Francisco during the city's 1934 General Strike, where they witnessed police open fire on protesters, killing two; this event further committed Hay to societal change. [167] Those assembled took part in spontaneous rituals, providing invocations to spirits and performing blessings and chants,[166] with most participants discarding the majority of their clothes, instead wearing feathers, beads, and bells, and decorating themselves in rainbow makeup. [158] This event convinced Hay and his partner John Burnside that they should leave their home in New Mexico and move to Los Angeles, where they settled into a 1920s house on the eastern edge of Hollywood. Ray recognizes Henrys true remorse, particularly when In 1951, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Musical Composition and traveled to Italy for two years.In Rome Bryan met the mystic priest Padre Pio who impressed him very much. In 1890, a misinterpretation of the Ghost Dance ritual as a war dance by Indian agents led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. He knows that they were taught to be racist, just as someone taught, Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. 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