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DC87_12 | Radical Faerie Contingent: Harry Hay 1912-2002 (in cap), often described as "the Founder of the Modern Gay Movement" and "the father of gay liberation". He was the founder of the Mattachine Society (1950), the first sustained gay rights group in the U.S., and a founder of the Radical Faeries (1979), a loosely affiliated gay spiritual movement. Hay is wearing a faerie skirt, his idea. To Hay's left Dean Decent, one of the makers of faerie skirts, and to Hay's right Mica Kindman 1945-1991, activist, builder, dancer, writer, died of AIDS (back to camera); Crystar is playing the flute.