The Temperamentals

Tim and I went to catch The Temperamentals before its closing.  The five member cast did a beautiful job of telling the remarkable story.  I really knew nothing about Harry Hay, or his Mattachine Society, the first gay rights organization in America.  It’s a remarkable tale, and a humbling one.  And the fact that he was brave enough to advocate for gay rights in the 1950’s, in the era of McCarthyism, makes his story all the more remarkable.  Who knows; perhaps fine organizations like the Human Rights Campaign and the Empire State Pride Agenda, among many others, might not even exist yet if Hay and his four compatriots hadn’t taken the first step back then.  I salute them, and playwright Jon Marans for telling their story.