Mattachine in a sentence

Duberman, p. 272 With Dick Leitsch's replacement as president of Mattachine NY by "Michael Kotis" in April 1970, opposition to the march by Mattachine ended.

We were standing on the hill where the Mattachine Society was founded in 1950, and began to advocate for homosexuals not as sinners or perverts, but as an oppressed minority who deserved rights.

Off the back of the Mattachine investigation, queer bars and taverns became their focal point.

After some debate, Mattachine finally agreed to form an Action Committee and called for an open organizing meeting.

The gay press covered it, and I read about it in ONE Magazine, which was a publication by the Mattachine Society that I subscribed to back then.

The Mattachine Society existed during a time in America when it was not possible to be openly gay.

The tension between Hay’s administration of Mattachine – what Meeker termed a “foundation” and Call and Lucas’ tenure is still reflected in today’s philosophies.

Carter, p. 162. The Mattachine Society newsletter a month later offered its explanation of why the riots occurred: "It catered largely to a group of people who are not welcome in, or cannot afford, other places of homosexual social gathering..

D'Emilio, p. 62 Finally on November 11, 1950, Hay, along with Gernreich and friends Dale Jennings and partners Bob Hull and Chuck Rowland, held the first meeting of the Mattachine Society in Los Angeles, under the name Society of Fools.

Every minority, be it Baptist/Unitarian, Irish/Italian/Octogenarian/Zen Buddhist, Zionist/Seventh-day Adventist, Women's Lib/Republican, Mattachine Four Square Gospel feels it has the will, the right, the duty to douse the kerosene, light the fuse.

Facing enormous opposition to its radical approach, in 1953 the Mattachine shifted their focus to assimilation and respectability.

Frank Kameny founded the Mattachine of Washington, D.C. He had been fired from the U.S. Army Map Service for being a homosexual, and sued unsuccessfully to be reinstated.

In a 1976 interview with Jonathan Ned Katz, Hay was asked the origin of the name Mattachine.

In an effort to preserve their vision of the organization, the Fifth Order members revealed their identities and resigned their leadership positions at Mattachine's May 1953 convention.

Kameny wrote that homosexuals were no different from heterosexuals, often aiming his efforts at mental health professionals, some of whom attended Mattachine and DOB meetings telling members they were abnormal.

Marcus, p. 21. Although the eight women who created the DOB initially came together to be able to have a safe place to dance, as the DOB grew they developed similar goals to the Mattachine, and urged their members to assimilate into general society.

Mattachine members are seen leafleting, attending meetings and participating in the Annual Reminder picket in Philadelphia.

Mattachine's membership grew slowly at first but received a major boost in February 1952 when founder Jennings was arrested in a Los Angeles park and charged with lewd behavior.

Several unaffiliated entities that went under the name Mattachine eventually lost support or fell prey to internal division.

Some historians argue that these changes reduced the effectiveness of this newly organized Mattachine and led to a precipitous drop in membership and participation.