4/4/12

HARRY HAY~ 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

FAELA -- Radical Faeries of Los Angeles
present…

HAY DAY
Saturday April 7, 2012
Come celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Gay Rights Pioneer & LGBTQ Activist Harry Hay


11:00 a.m. Dedication of “The Mattachine Steps,” just below Harry Hay’s 1950’s home, site of the founding of the Mattachine Society in 1950. Widely acknowledged as “the father of the modern gay movement,'” Hay would later co-found the Radical Faeries in 1979.  This ceremony will be hosted by FAELA -- Radical Faeries of Los Angeles, local community activists, and  will include remarks by LA City Councilman Eric Garcetti.  Location: The foot of the Cove Avenue Steps in Silver Lake, at Silver Lake Boulevard & Cove Avenue.

NOON Potluck Picnic-in-the-Park.  Bring food to share, friends, kids...just no alcohol or dogs, please. (cancelled in the event of rain).  Location: Just across the street from the Cove Avenue Steps, overlooking Silver Lake Reservoir (east side).

2:30 p.m. Book Signing & Reading of Stuart Timmons’ newly updated biography, The Trouble with Harry Hay.   Location: Stories Books, 1716 Sunset Boulevard, Echo Park (easy parking behind the store).


“In order to earn for ourselves any place in the sun, we must work collectively…for the first-class citizenship of minorities everywhere.”
Harry Hay

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