Mattachine Society
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The Mattachine Society was one of the first publicly-outspoken LGBT advocacy groups in recorded history.
The original Mattachine Society was founded in 1951 by, among others, fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, Mr. Gernreich's partner Harry Hay, and playwright Dale Jennings.
The name Mattachine came from a historical French secret society.
The Society was originally named (in public) the Society Of Fools and was billed as an organization for male bachelors. It had loose ties to the US Progressive political party.
