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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Bachelors Anonymous

In 1948 Harry Hay created Bachelors Anonymous, a gay networking group that in 1950 became the Mattachine Society, America's first gay organization. 

 Harry Hay

The Mattachine Society


2328 Cove Avenue is a house overlooking Silver Lake Reservoir where the first meetings of Bachelors Anonymous were held.
This is a current photo of the property that I sniped from Google Maps. I'll try to drive over and get a better photo soon.

For more about LA Gay History check out:

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2006/10/gay_history_of_la.php

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