Reviewer:
Randolfe Wicker
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July 9, 2006
Subject:
A Truly Great Speech by Harry Hay !
It was truly refreshing to hear Harry Hay give such an insightful and liberated speech. In 1989, he was allowed to speak. In 1994, when Harry, his lover John Burnside and I marched in the 25th Anniversay Parade, he was not allowed to even take the stage to convey his blessing to the crowd. I have several hours of videotape from that day. Unfortunately, the gay community did not take Harry's advise against pursuing "middle-class heterosexual drag". Gays have become conformist consumers who embrace the strictures of gender that Harry so despised.