John M. Eccles Papers 1946-1977

Los Angeles Mattachine Society.

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Eccles, John M.

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John Eccles was a gay man whose missionary parents lived in Buckley, Washington. He tried unsuccessfully to establish a chapter of the Mattachine Society in Washington State in 1959-60. Eccles subsequently moved to Los Angeles. He was active in the Los Angeles Mattachine Society in the 1960s but resigned as Vice President in 1963 following a dispute. From the guide to the John M. Eccles Papers, 1946-1977, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) ...

Mattachine Society

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The Mattachine Society was founded in Los Angeles in 1950 by a small group of Gay men who had communist and/or radical ties. In 1951, Mattachine began sponsoring discussion groups among Gay men to raise awareness of their plight; these discussion groups spread across the county and new chapters were permanently established in Denver, New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and other cities. The goal of Mattachine was to fight discrimination and to support and build a positive homosexual commu...