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The Mattachine Society forms.

Date: 1950

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The first sustained U.S. homosexual organization is founded in Los Angeles by gay rights activist and Communist Party member Harry Hay along with seven others.

They take their name from a French medieval masque group, referencing the secrecy required for LGBTQ+ people at the time.