Editing Harry Hay (section)

==Legacy==
In 1990, [[Stuart Timmons]] published ''The Trouble with Harry Hay'', a biography based on three years of research.{{sfn|Timmons|1990|p=xv}} Timmons described Hay as "the father of gay liberation".{{sfn|Timmons|1990|p=xiii}} The 2002 documentary film ''Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay'', directed by Eric Slade, garnered critical acclaim.
[[File:The Mattachine Steps 2017.jpg|thumb|right|The Mattachine Steps in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. The sign reads, "Harry Hay founded the Mattachine Society on this hillside on November 11, 1950."]]
In 1967, Hay and Burnside had appeared as a couple on [[Joe Pyne]]'s [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] television show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3326 |title=John Burnside dies at 91 |last=Highleyman |first=Liz |date=September 18, 2008 |website=The Bay Area Reporter Online |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904234601/http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3326 |archive-date=September 4, 2010}}</ref> Hay also appeared in other documentaries, including ''[[Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives|Word Is Out]]'' (1978), also appearing with his partner Burnside.

Hay, along with Gernreich, is one of the main characters of the play ''[[The Temperamentals]]'' by [[Jon Marans]] with [[Thomas Jay Ryan]] playing Hay and [[Michael Urie]] as Gernreich; after workshop performances in 2009 the play opened [[off-Broadway]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/theater/reviews/01temper.html?pagewanted=1 |title=The Churning Insides of a Quiet Revolution |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=March 1, 2010 |website=The New York Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329104437/http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/theater/reviews/01temper.html?pagewanted=1 |archive-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref>

On June 1, 2011, the [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles]] Neighborhood Council voted unanimously to rename the Cove Avenue Stairway in Silver Lake to the [[Mattachine Steps]] in honor of Hay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2011/06/silver-lake-stairway-may-be-renamed-in-honor-of-gay-activist/ |title=Silver Lake stairway may be renamed in honor of gay activist |date=June 2011 |publisher=Theeastsiderla.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913021442/http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2011/06/silver-lake-stairway-may-be-renamed-in-honor-of-gay-activist/ |archive-date=September 13, 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, Hay was one of the inaugural honorees in the [[Rainbow Honor Walk]], a [[List of halls and walks of fame|walk of fame]] in San Francisco's [[Castro District, San Francisco|Castro neighborhood]] noting [[LGBTQ]] people who have "made significant contributions in their fields."<ref name=":022">{{cite web |url=https://quirkytravelguy.com/lgbt-walk-fame-rainbow-honor-san-francisco/ |title=The Rainbow Honor Walk: San Francisco's LGBT Walk of Fame |last=Shelter |first=Scott |date=March 14, 2016 |website=Quirky Travel Guy |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728105852/https://quirkytravelguy.com/lgbt-walk-fame-rainbow-honor-san-francisco/ |archive-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/ |title=Castro's Rainbow Honor Walk Dedicated Today: SFist |date=September 2, 2014 |website=SFist – San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810075052/https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/ |archive-date=August 10, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=http://www.gaysonoma.com/2016/07/second-lgbt-honorees-selected-for-san-franciscos-rainbow-honor-walk/ |title=Second LGBT Honorees Selected for San Francisco's Rainbow Honor Walk |last=Carnivele |first=Gary |date=July 2, 2016 |website=We The People |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812121249/http://www.gaysonoma.com/2016/07/second-lgbt-honorees-selected-for-san-franciscos-rainbow-honor-walk/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>

Coinciding with the [[Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019|50th anniversary]] of the [[Stonewall riots]] in June 2019,<ref>{{cite web |last=Sachet|first=Donna|url=http://sfbaytimes.com/stonewall-50/ |title=Stonewall 50 |date=April 3, 2019 |website=San Francisco Bay Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525134357/http://sfbaytimes.com/stonewall-50/ |archive-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref> Hay was one of the inaugural fifty American "pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes" named to the [[National LGBTQ Wall of Honor]], located within the [[Stonewall National Monument]],<ref name=":23">{{cite web |url=https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/new-york/stonewall-inn-lgbtq-wall-honor |title=National LGBTQ Wall of Honor unveiled at Stonewall Inn |last=Glasses-Baker |first=Becca |date=June 27, 2019 |website=www.metro.us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628133313/https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/new-york/stonewall-inn-lgbtq-wall-honor |archive-date=June 28, 2019}}</ref><ref name="SDGLN">{{cite web |url=https://sdgln.com/news/2019/06/19/national-lgbtq-wall-honor-be-unveiled-historic-stonewall-inn |title=National LGBTQ Wall of Honor to be unveiled at historic Stonewall Inn |first=Timothy|last=Rawles|date=June 19, 2019 |website=San Diego Gay and Lesbian News |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621091646/https://sdgln.com/news/2019/06/19/national-lgbtq-wall-honor-be-unveiled-historic-stonewall-inn |archive-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref> the first [[National monument (United States)|U.S. national monument]] dedicated to [[LGBT rights in the United States|LGBTQ rights]] and [[History of LGBT people|history]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Laird |first=Cynthia |url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news//272833 |title=Groups seek names for Stonewall 50 honor wall |website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc. |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524021601/https://www.ebar.com/news/news//272833 |archive-date=May 24, 2019}}</ref>