WASHINGTON, D.C. AND ATLANTA GAY LIBERATION FRONT Dave Hayward by unknown, unknown. This episode focuses on Dave Hayward, a passionate advocate on the front lines of the gay liberation revolution. From calling the pre-gay liberation homophile organization, the Mattachine Society, from his college dorm in Washington, D.C., to organizing the first Pride march in Atlanta, Georgia, his experiences navigate the space between buttoned-up activism and radical revolution. He shares his joyful chaos...

WASHINGTON, D.C. AND ATLANTA GAY LIBERATION FRONT Dave Hayward as Prince Elmwood the McRoyal Oak in A Saturday Afternoon in Take Me There Park by unknown, 1973. Dave Hayward is dead. I interviewed him on the Monday before he died from a heart attack. He seemed healthy, and we were coordinating to meet during his December trip to New York. I met Dave through Georgia's LGBT History Project. I wrote to them asking for an introduction to activists from the gay liberation revolution. Dave called...

ATLANTA GAY LIBERATION FRONT, ATLANTA LESBIAN FEMINIST ALLIANCE Lorraine Fontana by unknown, 1971. I found Georgia's LGBT History Project on Instagram and wrote to them asking for leads for any OGLs (original gay liberationists). A couple of weeks later, I received a call from Dave Hayward . He told me his name and then just started talking. I had no idea who he was or why he was calling. He later revealed that he was part of the Washington, D.C. Gay Liberation Front and, after moving to...