[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794584/posts?page=91#91

In 1955, when he [Harry Hay] was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he had trouble finding a progressive attorney to represent him. He felt this was due to homophobia on the Left. (He was ultimately dismissed after his curt, brief testimony was deemed unimportant.) Hay felt exiled from the Left for nearly fifty years, until he received the Life Achievement Award of a Los Angeles library preserving the history and artifacts of progressive movements.

[backhoe]

Thanks, Calpernia.