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70-681: One Institute was founded in 1952 as ONE Inc. to publish the nation's first wide-circulated, national homosexual periodical, ONE Magazine. The idea for an organization dedicated to homosexuals emerged from a Mattachine Society discussion meeting held on October 15, 1952. ONE Inc.'s Articles of Incorporation were signed by Antonio "Tony" Reyes, Martin Block, and Dale Jennings on November 15, 1952. Other founders were Merton Bird, W. Dorr Legg , Don Slater, Chuck Rowland, and Harry Hay , “all of whom sought to unify homosexuals into social action.” Jennings and Rowland were also Mattachine Society founders. The name

140-765: A 2011 television series on NBC , includes a lesbian Playboy Bunny in a lavender marriage with a gay man. The two are members of the Chicago Mattachine chapter. The Mattachine Steps , also known as the Cove Avenue stairway, is an outdoor staircase in Silver Lake , Los Angeles , dedicated to the Mattachine Society in 2012 in memory of its founder Harry Hay . In 2015, a gay bar called Bar Mattachine opened in downtown Los Angeles. The podcast " Making Gay History " (season 1, episode 7)

210-582: A chapter, however, and so instead named itself the Janus Society of Delaware Valley. In 1964 they renamed themselves the Janus Society of America due to their increasing national visibility. In January 1962 East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO) was established, with its formative membership including the Mattachine Society chapters in New York and Washington D.C., the Janus Society , and

280-871: A dedicated member of the CPUSA for 15 years, stepped down as the Society's leader. Others were similarly ousted, and the leadership structure became influenced less by communism, replaced by a moderate ideology similar to that espoused by the liberal reformist civil rights organizations that existed for African Americans . The Mattachine Society existed as a single national organization headquartered first in Los Angeles and then, beginning around 1956, in San Francisco. Outside of Los Angeles and San Francisco, chapters were established in New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; and other locales. Due to internal disagreements,

350-743: A demonstration that they would not tolerate interference, and any infringements on their rights would be addressed through legal means. On the eve of January 1, 1965, several homophile organizations in San Francisco, California - including Mattachine, the Daughters of Bilitis , the Council on Religion and the Homosexual , and the Society for Individual Rights - held a fund-raising ball for their mutual benefit at California Hall on Polk Street. San Francisco police had agreed not to interfere; however, on

420-466: A document he referred to as "The Call". However, the men who had been interested at the party were less than enthusiastic the following morning. Over the next two years, Hay refined his idea, finally conceiving of an "international... fraternal order" to serve as "a service and welfare organization devoted to the protection and improvement of Society's Androgynous Minority". He planned to call this organization "Bachelors Anonymous" and envisioned it serving

490-501: A growing group of activists were poised to collect original materials from that critical time period. By the late 1970s and early 1980s, ONE obtained crucial documents chronicling the establishment of the "gay community" and its established and increasingly diverse groups and organizations. In 1956, ONE established the ONE Institute of Homophile Studies which, in addition to organizing classes and annual conferences, also published

560-596: A new generation of activists, many of whom felt that the gay rights movement needed to endorse a larger and more radical agenda to address other forms of oppression, the Vietnam War , and the sexual revolution . Several unaffiliated entities that went under the name Mattachine eventually lost support or fell prey to internal division. In 1973 Hal Call opened the Cinemattachine, a venue showing both Mattachine newsreels and pornographic movies. The Cinemattachine

630-404: A pattern to form a larger diamond. Harry Hay conceived the idea of a gay activist group in 1948. After signing a petition for Progressive Party presidential candidate Henry A. Wallace , Hay spoke with other gay men at a party about forming a gay support organization for him called "Bachelors for Wallace". Encouraged by the response he received, Hay wrote the organizing principles that night,

700-509: A public office (in Downtown Los Angeles ), and as such its offices acted as a prototype LGBT community center. One, Inc. readily admitted women, including—with their pseudonyms—Joan Corbin (as Eve Elloree), Irma Wolf (as Ann Carrl Reid), Stella Rush (as Sten Russell), Helen Sandoz (as Helen Sanders), and Betty Perdue (as Geraldine Jackson). They were vital to its early success. ONE and Mattachine in turn provided vital help to

770-560: A similar function and purpose as Alcoholics Anonymous . Hay met Rudi Gernreich in July 1950. The two became partners, and Hay showed Gernreich The Call. Gernreich, declaring the document "the most dangerous thing [he had] ever read", became an enthusiastic financial supporter of the venture, although he did not lend his name to it (going instead by the initial "R"). Finally on November 11, 1950, Hay, along with Gernreich and friends Dale Jennings and partners Bob Hull and Chuck Rowland, held

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840-453: A typical discussion group. Membership diversified, with more women and people from a broader political spectrum becoming involved. With that growth came concern about the radical left slant of the organization. In particular, Hal Call and others out of San Francisco along with Ken Burns from Los Angeles wanted Mattachine to amend its constitution to clarify its opposition to so-called "subversive elements" and to affirm that members were loyal to

910-448: A workers' education project. In a 1976 interview with Jonathan Ned Katz, Hay was asked the origin of the name Mattachine. He mentioned the medieval-Renaissance French Sociétés Joyeuses : One masque group was known as the "Société Mattachine." These societies, lifelong secret fraternities of unmarried townsmen who never performed in public unmasked, were dedicated to going out into the countryside and conducting dances and rituals during

980-544: Is about Mattachine co-founder Chuck Rowland, and another episode is about Mattachine co-founder Harry Hay (season 4, episode 3). Julius’ bar in Manhattan has held a monthly party called "Mattachine" honoring the early gay rights pioneers. Notes Citations Bibliography ONE National Gay %26 Lesbian Archives ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries

1050-673: Is located in a city owned building that also houses the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives . In 2011, ONE Archives participated in the region-wide Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980 initiative with the exhibition Cruising the Archive: Queer Art & Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980 which was presented at the ONE Gallery in West Hollywood, as well as at ONE Archives' main location on West Adams Boulevard and in

1120-675: Is the oldest existing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBTQ ) organization in the United States and one of the largest repositories of LGBTQ materials in the world. Located in Los Angeles, California, ONE Archives has been a part of the University of Southern California Libraries since 2010. ONE Archives' collections contain over two million items including periodicals; books; film, video and audio recordings; photographs; artworks; ephemera, such as clothing, costumes, and buttons; organizational records; and personal papers. Use of

1190-706: The Annual Reminder picket in Philadelphia. However, the film sets the Reminder earlier in the summer than it really was, predating the June 28 Stonewall riots . In 2002 Mattachine Midwest was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame . In 2009 the Mattachine Society and its founders became the subjects of the play The Temperamentals by Jon Marans . After workshop performances in 2009,

1260-465: The Daughters of Bilitis chapter in New York. ECHO was meant to facilitate cooperation between homophile organizations and outside administrations. In 1964, ECHO secured a $ 500 settlement from the Manger Hamilton hotel, following the abrupt cancellation of ECHO's conference at the hotel. This out-of-court resolution was presented by Frank Kameny as a clear message to the homophile community –

1330-433: The Daughters of Bilitis in the launching of that group's magazine, The Ladder , in 1956. The Daughters of Bilitis were an independent lesbian organization who occasionally worked with the predominantly male Mattachine Society. The Janus Society grew out of lesbian and gay activists meeting regularly, beginning in 1961, in hopes of forming a Mattachine Society chapter. The group was not officially recognized as such

1400-412: The Daughters of Bilitis in the launching of their newsletter The Ladder in 1956. The Daughters of Bilitis was the counterpart lesbian organization to the Mattachine Society, and the organizations worked together on some campaigns and ran lecture series. Bilitis came under attack in the early 1960s for "siding" with Mattachine and ONE, rather than with the new separatist feminists . In 1955, One held

1470-736: The FAIR ACT and integrate queer history into classrooms in California public schools. One Institute’s state, local, and nonprofit partners include the California Department of Education , LA County Office of Education , LA Unified School District , UCLA History-Geography Project, OUT for Safe Schools at the LA LGBT Center, and more. Each year, One Institute organizes dozens of free and low cost, high quality exhibitions, multimedia projects, and public programs that explore

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1540-616: The Feast of Fools , at the Vernal Equinox . Sometimes these dance rituals, or masques, were peasant protests against oppression—with the maskers, in the people's name, receiving the brunt of a given lord's vicious retaliation. So we took the name Mattachine because we felt that we 1950s Gays were also a masked people, unknown and anonymous, who might become engaged in morale building and helping ourselves and others, through struggle, to move toward total redress and change. This French group

1610-497: The ONE Institute Quarterly , a journal dedicated to the academic exploration of homosexuality. In 1965, One separated over irreconcilable differences between ONE's business manager Dorr Legg and One magazine editor Don Slater. After a two-year court battle, Dorr Legg's faction retained the name "ONE, Inc." and Don Slater's faction retained most of the corporate library and archives. In 1968, Slater's group became

1680-462: The ONE Institute Quarterly , a journal dedicated to the academic exploration of homosexuality. In May 2021, the organization presented a historic virtual reading of Larry Kramer 's The Normal Heart reaching audiences across the United States and in 19 countries across the globe. The virtual presentation marked the first time the play featured a cast that is predominately BIPOC and LGBTQ. Directed by Emmy Award winner Paris Barclay , cast members of

1750-817: The Outfest Legacy Project at the UCLA Film and Television Archive . ONE Archives' art collection include over 4,000 paintings, drawings, works on paper, photographs, and sculptural objects, the majority of which date from the 1940s to the present. ONE Archives also collects and houses over 3,500 posters; textiles, such as T-shirts, banners and flags; and memorabilia such as buttons, matchbooks, dolls and other three-dimensional objects. Since 2008, ONE Archives has operated an exhibition space in West Hollywood, California dedicated to presenting temporary exhibitions on LGBTQ art and history. The gallery

1820-587: The Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and Gender, a special collection within the University Library at California State University, Northridge . In October 2010, ONE transferred its archives to the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California for preservation. ONE, Inc. continues to exist to organize exhibits and gather new material. In 2014,

1890-504: The movements for civil rights of the 1960s and 1970s, ONE Inc., Jim Kepner and a growing group of activists were poised to collect original materials from that critical time period. By the late 1970s and early 1980s, ONE obtained crucial documents chronicling the establishment of the "gay community" and its established and increasingly diverse groups and organizations. Since the 1980s, the archival collections have grown substantially as gay issues and gay culture became more integrated into

1960-534: The Communist Party, which was anti-homosexual, calling it a ‘fascistic tendency’, and did not allow gay people to be members. Hay himself approached party leaders and recommended his own expulsion. The party decided to expel him as a "security risk", but declared him a "Lifelong Friend of the People" in recognition of his previous work for the party. Mattachine was originally organized in similar structure to

2030-426: The Communist Party, with cells, oaths of secrecy and five different levels of membership, each of which required greater levels of involvement and commitment. As the organization grew, the levels were expected to subdivide into new cells, creating both the potential for horizontal and vertical growth. The founding members constituted the so-called "Fifth Order" and from the outset remained anonymous. The primary goals of

2100-718: The Homosexual Information Center or HIC, a non-profit corporation that continues to function. In 1996, One, Inc. merged with ISHR, the Institute for the Study of Human Resources, a non-profit organization created by transgender philanthropist Reed Erickson , with ISHR being the surviving organization and ONE being the merging corporation. In 2005, the HIC donated many of its historic materials, including most of ONE Incorporated's Blanche M. Baker Memorial Library, to

2170-727: The Los Angeles region. The archives also include a number of international materials, such as archival records and rare publications. ONE houses over 600 archival collections of personal papers from activists, artists and ordinary citizens, as well as records from LGBTQ political, social, educational and cultural organizations. The collections include a wide array of materials such as manuscripts, photographs, letters, graphics, and other historically significant materials. Important archival collections of note include: ONE's main library collection comprises over 33,000 volumes of books and monographs; as well as over 13,000 titles of periodicals, such as magazines, newspapers, and newsletters. From issues of

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2240-537: The Mattachine Society in San Francisco and MSNY, were among the foremost gay rights groups in the United States, but beginning in the middle 1960s and, especially, following the Stonewall riots of 1969, they began increasingly to be seen as too traditional, and not willing enough to be confrontational. Like the divide that occurred within the Civil Rights Movement , the late 1960s and the 1970s brought

2310-488: The Niagara Frontier , 1970). In 1963 Congressman John Dowdy introduced a bill which resulted in congressional hearings to revoke the license for solicitation of funds of the Mattachine Society of Washington; the license was not revoked. A largely amicable split within the national Society in 1952 resulted in a new organization called ONE, Inc. ONE admitted women and, together with Mattachine, provided help to

2380-621: The ONE Midwinter Institute, the first in a series of conferences to bring together experts and community members to talk about gay and lesbian topics. In 1956, ONE Inc. created the ONE Institute, an academic institute for the study of homosexuality under the name of " Homophile Studies". In 1957, marking the first time the Supreme Court of the United States explicitly ruled on homosexuality, ONE Inc. fought to distribute its magazine by mail, and prevailed. The ruling in

2450-537: The ONE Midwinter Institute, the first in a series of conferences to bring together experts and community members to talk about gay and lesbian topics. In 1956, One created the ONE Institute, an academic institute for the study of homosexuality under the name of "Homophile Studies". In 1957, marking the first time the Supreme Court of the United States explicitly ruled on homosexuality, ONE Inc. fought to distribute its magazine by mail, and prevailed. The ruling in

2520-536: The PST initiative, this exhibition marked the most comprehensive exhibition of materials from the collections at ONE Archives to date and was accompanied by a scholarly catalogue. The publication included contributions by Ann Cvetkovich, Vaginal Davis, Jennifer Doyle, Jack Halberstam, Catherine Lord, Richard Meyer, Ulrike Müller, and Dean Spade. The One Gallery has presented solo exhibitions of artwork by Steven F. Arnold and Joey Terrill, exhibitions of historical materials from

2590-541: The Treasure Room at the Doheny Library at the University of Southern California Libraries . The exhibition included works by Steven F. Arnold , Don Bachardy , Claire Falkenstein , Anthony Friedkin , Rudi Gernreich , Sister Corita Kent , and Kate Millett , among many other less known or anonymous artists. The only exhibition dedicated to queer content within the PST initiative, this exhibition marked

2660-582: The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the lower court ruling that ONE violated obscenity laws in One, Inc. v. Olesen based on its recent landmark First Amendment case, Roth v. United States . The Supreme Court thereby upheld constitutional protection for pro-homosexual writing. The magazine ceased publication in December 1967. In 1956, ONE established the ONE Institute of Homophile Studies which, in addition to organizing classes and annual conferences, also published

2730-509: The USC Libraries; and field trips to LGBTQ+ organizations in Los Angeles. In January 1953 One, Inc. began publishing a monthly magazine called One , the first U.S. pro-gay publication, which it sold openly on the streets of Los Angeles for 25 cents. In October 1954, the U.S. Post Office Department declared the magazine "obscene" and refused to deliver it. ONE, Inc. brought a lawsuit in federal court, which it lost in 1957. However, when

2800-551: The United States and its laws (which declared homosexuality illegal). In an effort to preserve their vision of the organization, the Fifth Order members revealed their identities and resigned their leadership positions at Mattachine's May 1953 convention. With the founders gone, Call, Burns and other like-minded individuals stepped into the leadership void, and Mattachine officially adopted non-confrontation as an organizational policy. Some historians argue that these changes reduced

2870-534: The beginning of gay rights protest, news on Cuban prison work camps for homosexuals inspired Mattachine Society to organize protests at the United Nations and the White House in 1965. The Mattachine Society was named by Harry Hay at the suggestion of James Gruber, inspired by a French medieval and renaissance masque group he had studied while preparing a course on the history of popular music for

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2940-595: The case (under the name "Citizens Committee to Outlaw Entrapment") and the publicity it generated brought in financial support and volunteers. Jennings admitted during his trial to being a homosexual but insisted he was not guilty of the specific charge. The jury deadlocked and Mattachine declared victory. Most of the Mattachine founders were communists . As the Red Scare progressed, the association with communism concerned some members as well as supporters and Hay,

3010-425: The case, One, Inc. v. Olesen , not only allowed ONE to distribute its magazine, but also paved the way for other controversial publications to be sent through the U.S. mail. Also during the 1950s ONE Inc. became an ad hoc community center and began a library. Jim Kepner was involved in adding material to this library. As the burgeoning gay liberation movement took off and became more closely intertwined with

3080-433: The case, One, Inc. v. Olesen, not only allowed One to distribute its magazine, but also paved the way for other controversial publications to be sent through the U.S. mail. Also during the 1950s ONE Inc. became an ad hoc community center and began a library. As the burgeoning gay liberation movement took off and became more closely intertwined with the movements for civil rights of the 1960s and 1970s, ONE Inc., Jim Kepner and

3150-440: The collections at ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Since 2008, One Institute has operated One Gallery, an exhibition space in West Hollywood, California dedicated to presenting temporary exhibitions on LGBT art and history. The gallery is located in a city owned building that also houses the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives. In 2011, One participated in the region-wide Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980 initiative with

3220-545: The collections at ONE, and highlights from the collections of the Tom of Finland Foundation and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. The institutional history of One Institute reveals a set of complex, overlapping and groundbreaking activities that provided a wide variety of pioneering services to LGBTQ+ Americans: Mattachine Society The Mattachine Society ( / ˈ m æ t ə ʃ iː n / ), founded in 1950,

3290-608: The collections is free during regular business hours. ONE Archives originated from the One Institute (formerly ONE, Inc. and One Archives Foundation), which began publishing the earliest national homosexual publication in 1952. In 1956, ONE Inc. created the ONE Institute, an academic institute for the study of homosexuality, utilizing the term " Homophile Studies." In 1994, ONE, Inc. and the International Gay and Lesbian Archives run by Jim Kepner merged. Since 1994

3360-506: The complexity of LGBTQ+ history through the lens of arts, culture, and contemporary issues. Exhibitions illuminate archival elements from ONE Archives at the USC Libraries alongside artist projects and works. In October 2023 during LGBT History Month , One Institute launched Circa: Queer Histories Festival, a month-long LGBTQ+ history festival with events throughout the Los Angeles region. Circa’s annual lineup includes exhibitions, readings, performances, panel conversations, and more, showcasing

3430-642: The defense had even had a chance to begin their argumentation when the case came to court. This event has been called "San Francisco's Stonewall " by some historians; the participation of such prominent litigators in the defense of Smith, Donaldson and the other two lawyers marked a turning point in gay rights on the West Coast of the United States. Following the Jennings trial, the group expanded rapidly, with founders estimating membership in California by May 1953 at over 2,000 with as many as 100 people joining

3500-510: The earliest American LGBTQ publications to the most recent LGBTQ titles, the collection includes many rare and unusual titles, some of which may be the only copies in existence. The library also includes foreign publications in more than 40 different languages. ONE's collection of audiovisual materials includes over 4,000 films, 21,000 videos (including 10 years of recorded lectures from ONE, Inc.), and 3,000 audio recordings. Many of ONE's films and videos are stored and preserved in conjunction with

3570-445: The effectiveness of this newly organized Mattachine and led to a precipitous drop in membership and participation. Other historians contend that the Mattachine Society between 1953 and 1966 was enormously effective as it published a magazine, developed relationships with allies in the fight for homosexual equality, and influenced public opinion on the topic too. During the 1960s, the various unaffiliated Mattachine Societies, especially

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3640-408: The evening of the ball, the police surrounded the building and focused numerous Klieg lights on its entrance. As each of the 600 plus persons entering the ball approached the entrance, the police took their photographs. Police vans were parked in plain view near the entrance to the ball. Evander Smith , a (gay) lawyer for the groups organizing the ball, and gay lawyer Herb Donaldson tried to stop

3710-634: The exhibition Cruising the Archive: Queer Art & Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980 which was presented at the ONE Gallery in West Hollywood, as well as at ONE Archives' main location on West Adams Boulevard and in the Treasure Room at the Doheny Library at the University of Southern California Libraries. The exhibition included works by Steven F. Arnold, Don Bachardy, Claire Falkenstein, Anthony Friedkin, Rudi Gernreich, Sister Corita Kent, and Kate Millett, among many other less known or anonymous artists. The only exhibition dedicated to queer content within

3780-670: The first meeting of the Mattachine Society in Los Angeles, under the name Society of Fools . James Gruber and Konrad Stevens joined the Society in April 1951 and they are generally considered to be original members. Also that month the group changed its name to Mattachine Society , a name suggested by Gruber and chosen by Hay, after Medieval French secret societies of masked men who, through their anonymity, were empowered to criticize ruling monarchs with impunity. As Hay became more involved in his Mattachine work, he correspondingly became more concerned that his orientation would negatively affect

3850-470: The mainstream culture of the United States. In October 2012 ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding and the printing of ONE Magazine . The institutional history of ONE reveals a set of complex, overlapping and groundbreaking activities that provided a wide variety of pioneering services to LGBTQ Americans: The collections at ONE Archives are primarily national in scope, with special focus on LGBTQ histories in

3920-457: The most comprehensive exhibition of materials from the collections at ONE Archives to date and was accompanied by a scholarly catalogue. The publication included contributions by Ann Cvetkovich, Vaginal Davis , Jennifer Doyle, Jack Halberstam , Catherine Lord, Richard Meyer , Ulrike Müller, and Dean Spade . The ONE Gallery has presented solo exhibitions of artwork by Steven F. Arnold and Joey Terrill , exhibitions of historical materials from

3990-619: The nation's first wide-circulated, national homosexual periodical, ONE Magazine . In 1953, ONE Inc. became the first gay organization to open a public office in Downtown Los Angeles. The original founders include Martin Block, Tony Sanchez (aka Tony Reyes), and Dale Jennings. The corporation's original core members included Martin Block, Tony Reyes, Dale Jennings, Guy Rousseau, Merton Bird, Don Slater, William Lambert (aka W. Dorr Legg ), Eve Elloree (aka Joan Corbin), and Ann Carll Reid (aka Irma "Corky" Wolf). In 1955, ONE Inc. held

4060-615: The national organization disbanded in 1961. The San Francisco national chapter retained the name "Mattachine Society", while the New York chapter became " Mattachine Society of New York, Inc " and was commonly known by its acronym MSNY. Other independent groups using the name Mattachine were formed in Washington, D.C. ( Mattachine Society of Washington , 1961), in Chicago ( Mattachine Midwest , 1965), and in Buffalo ( Mattachine Society of

4130-400: The organization has operated solely as an LGBTQ archive. ONE Archives' mission statement reads as follows: "It is the mission of ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries to collect, preserve, and make accessible LGBTQ historical materials while promoting new scholarship on and public awareness of queer histories." One Institute was founded in 1952 as ONE, Inc to publish

4200-499: The organization is renamed ONE Archives Foundation. In 2022, ONE Archives Foundation celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding, and in 2023 celebrated the 70th anniversary of the printing of ONE Magazine. In September 2023, the organization is renamed One Institute. The name is announced ahead of its inaugural Circa: Queer Histories Festival. One Institute is among a select number of California nonprofits that provide K-12 teacher training and lesson plans to implement California’s

4270-432: The play opened Off-Broadway at New World Stages in early 2010. The Temperamentals received a Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Michael Urie , who originated the role of Rudi Gernreich, received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor. A new Mattachine Society of Washington , D.C. was formed in 2011 and is dedicated to original archival research of LGBT political history. The Playboy Club ,

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4340-408: The police from conducting the fourth "inspection" of the evening; both were arrested, along with two heterosexual lawyers - Elliott Leighton and Nancy May - who were supporting the rights of the participants to gather at the ball. But twenty-five of the most prominent lawyers in San Francisco joined the defense team for the four lawyers, and the judge directed the jury to find the four not-guilty before

4410-593: The production included  Sterling K. Brown ,  Laverne Cox ,  Jeremy Pope , Vincent Rodriguez III, Guillermo Díaz, Jake Borelli, Ryan O’Connell, Daniel Newman, Jay Hayden and Danielle Savre. An encore presentation of the reading streamed worldwide in December 2021 in honor of World AIDS Day . A public art project that took place in three different locations across Los Angeles, featuring portraits of contemporary LGBTQ+ artists, writers, and community organizers An online multimedia exhibit featuring historical LGBTQ+ activist posters from

4480-529: The society were to Mattachine's membership grew slowly at first but received a major boost in February 1952 when founder Jennings was arrested in a Los Angeles park and charged with lewd behavior. Often, men in Jennings' situation would simply plead guilty to the charge and hope to quietly rebuild their lives. Jennings and the rest of the Fifth Order saw the charges as a means to address the issue of police ‘entrapment’ of homosexual men. The group began publicizing

4550-689: The trailblazing history and cultural contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. An intergenerational podcast project, connecting high school students with LGBTQ+ adult trailblazers. Past guests include Phill Wilson , Helen Zia , Bamby Salcedo , and more. One Institute mentors a core group of high school student leaders from across Los Angeles County to become ambassadors for LGBTQ+ history in their communities. Programming includes LGBTQ+ history presentations; interactive workshops with scholars, activists, and artists; hands-on archival research in ONE Archives at

4620-549: Was an early national gay rights organization in the United States , preceded by several covert and open organizations, such as Chicago 's Society for Human Rights . Communist and labor activist Harry Hay formed the group with a collection of male friends in Los Angeles to protect and improve the rights of gay men . Branches formed in other cities, and by 1961 the Society had splintered into regional groups. At

4690-486: Was an extension of the Mattachine Society's Sex Education Film Series and branded as being presented by both The Mattachine Society and The Seven Committee. In 1976 a venue with the name Cinemattachine Los Angeles at the ONE opened. The same screenings as the San Francisco establishment were shown there. Mattachine co-founder Chuck Rowland indicated that he did not feel that Call associating this venue with The Mattachine Society

4760-482: Was appropriate. In the Quantum Leap comic book titled Up Against a Stonewall (1992), the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis are mentioned as two groups campaigning for LGBT rights prior to the Stonewall riots . The 1995 film Stonewall included members of the Mattachine Society of New York among its characters. Mattachine members are seen leafleting, attending meetings and participating in

4830-402: Was derived from an aphorism of Victorian writer Thomas Carlyle : "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one." The name was also a nod to referring to a gay person as "one of us". ONE was the first LGBT organization in the United States to have its own office, and as such its offices acted as a prototype LGBT community center. One became the first gay organization in the United States to open

4900-643: Was named in turn after Mattaccino (or the Anglicized Mattachino), a character in Italian theater. Mattaccino was a kind of court jester , who would speak the truth to the king when nobody else would. The "mattachin" (from Arabic متوجهين mutawajjihin , "mask-wearers") were originally Moorish (Hispano-Arab) sword-dancers who wore elaborate, colorful costumes and masks. The Mattachine Society used so-called harlequin diamonds as their emblem . The design consisted of four diamonds arranged in

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