Vito Russo interviews Harry Hay and Barbara Gittings (1 of 2), Courtesy of BettyByte. Thank you Vito Russo talks with Harry Hay and Barbara Gittings (2 of 2) plus street interviews, Courtesy of BettyByte. Thank you ...
Remnants of Past Christopher Street 2011
... the original, only taking up half the space that made up the original ramshackle club. Our final stop on this tour of Christopher Street and its environs takes us over to 159 West Tenth Street to Julius’ Bar. First opened in 1840 as a grocery store it became a bar in 1864 and has continued to function as that for over 130 years. This bar is now the oldest Gay drinking/eating establishment in New York City. The bar was the scene of the famous “Sip-in” in 1966 staged by the Mattachine Society. The bar host a monthly Mattachine party to commemorate the 1966 [...]
Playing With Stonewall 2008
... had an idea to recreate the riots and? use the song “the Mattachine Society“. We filmed it atop my Herman Miller (George Nelson) credenza. I loved that object. Sold it. Had to for cash. Anyway, with a little? cardboard, lots of Playmobile, some ink, paints, brushes, etc and Kate Chappen, Eric Koziel, Frank and I, we did it.” TheAluminumGroup The Aluminum Group: Mattachine Society (Stonewall), Courtesy of flittercat. Thank ...
The Spike New York City, Leather, Western, Uniforms
... The Stockade) leather bar New York City located at 120 West eleventh avenue on twentieth street opened in 1972 and was originally owned by Lenny. By the late 1970′s or was it 1980? Lenny sold off the Spike to Charles Thompson (CT), Ed Clifton (Charles Thompson’s – CT’s Lover), Ken Kyser, and Al Cataldo. The Spike New York’s friendly Leather bar offered a great large open area with a nice airy atmosphere. The Spike NYC was not a club, but a place where clubs (The Mattachine Society was one of them) could house their meetings and events. Sunday and Monday nights [...]
Losing Your Job for Being Gay? Mental Institution for Being Gay? Dangerous to Be Gay?
... the war in the 50s and early 60s there was a homophile movement that started developing. The Mattachine Society founded in 1950 (probably second to Chicago’s lived Society For Human Rights founded in 1924) , the Daughters OF Bilitis founded in 1955, The Society For Individual Rights (SIR) founded in 1964. These groups while there was few members in numbers, they made progress all be it slow in advancing the cause for gay rights. Courtesy of FantasticBabblings, Thank you. Stonewall: Out of the Closets and Into the ...