What do you know about the KGB? Do you think it no longer exists? And what do you know about those who were at the origins of the KGB and their research in the field of human consciousness? And why are we talking about them right now? LGBT movement, decriminalization and legalization of drugs, anti-cult organizations, destructive media narratives. Everywhere you see the imprint of the KGB.
I would like to focus a bit on the LGBT movement. The scale of support and the volume of funding for this movement is very impressive. Contrary to popular belief, which holds that the LGBT movement represents only a small group of activists fighting for their rights, behind it there is a multi-billion dollar industry with a significant turnover. A business that not only brings great profits to the companies supporting this movement but is also aimed at the destruction of traditional ethical and moral principles in society.
Who is behind the foundation of the LGBT movement
So, how did the development of the LGBT movement in the United States begin, or rather, who started it? Answering this question, we come across a rather extraordinary person who was directly connected with KGB agents.
Harry Hay is known as “the founder of the modern gay movement” and “the father of gay liberation.” An American gay rights activist, communist, and labor defender, Hay was a co-founder of the Mattachine Society, the first enduring gay rights group in the United States, and the Radical Faeries, a loosely affiliated gay spiritual movement.
From a young age, Hay recognized his same-sex attraction. Starting at age 9 and as he grew older, he entered into intimate relationships with boys and men who influenced the young man and shaped his thinking about the gay movement. One of the most notable examples:
At fourteen, Hay took his union card to a job placement office in San Francisco, convinced the union officials he was 21, and got a job on a cargo ship. In 1926, after unloading in Monterey Bay, he met a 25-year-old merchant seaman named Matt, who introduced him to the idea of gays as a global “secret brotherhood.” Later, Hay would rely on this idea, combined with Stalin’s definition of national identity, to argue that homosexuals constitute a “cultural minority.”
Another example of the influence of romantic relationships on Hay’s future views was his encounter with Will Geer. In 1934, in Los Angeles, Harry met Will Geer, a gay actor, singer, and activist in the Communist Party USA, who became his lover. Hay followed Geer into the Communist Party.
The Communist Party USA conducted subversive activities within the country, used a secret apparatus to assist the Soviets in their intelligence activities in the States, and had a network of organizations to shape public opinion. At that time, the Communist Party USA had about 100,000 members, including many political and cultural activists in various fields.
When the Communist Party USA faced unprecedented political persecution on all fronts and lost tens of thousands of members, Harry Hay remained a loyal member and activist for 13 years. However, he reached a point where he began to see his calling in the fight for gay liberation, which he, as a communist, identified with the struggle of “oppressed people around the world.”
Hay approached the party leadership and asked to be expelled in 1951. Initially, they refused. Finally, Hay developed a compromise with the leadership of the California Communist Party, according to which he would be expelled for “security risk,” but not because he was homosexual. In society at large, in the midst of the Cold War, being dismissed for “security threat” was not something communists were ashamed of.
Shortly after leaving the Communist Party USA, Hay divorced his wife and began actively sowing the seeds of the gay rights movement. With the help of Chuck Rowland and Bob Hull, Hay founded the Mattachine Society, a secret homophile organization in Los Angeles. The early years of the group consisted of meetings led by Hay, aimed at drawing attention and educating its members on the interrelationship between social justice and homosexuality. By 1953, the organization had thousands of members across the United States. That same year, the group published the first issue of ONE Magazine, the first widely distributed magazine for homosexuals.
Harry Hay died in 2002. Until his last days, he was one of the main fighters for the rights of sexual minorities and is still considered a “legend of the gay movement.”
This is not the only case where members of Communist parties in different countries became “trendsetters” of the LGBT movement.
Karl-Günther Heimsoth (December 4, 1899, Charlottenburg – July 1934, Berlin), a German doctor and politician, was a member of the Nazi Party and later the Communist Party of Germany. Between August and November 1924, Heimsoth wrote a dissertation in Rostock entitled “Hetero- und Homophilie” (“Hetero- and Homophilia”), dedicated to homosexuality. Thanks to this work, Heimsoth was the first to introduce the term “homophilia” into sexology.
Leslie Feinberg (September 1, 1949 – November 15, 2014) was an American butch lesbian, transgender activist, communist, and writer. Feinberg wrote “Stone Butch Blues” in 1993. Her writings, especially “Stone Butch Blues” and her pioneering nonfiction book “Transgender Warriors” (1996), laid the groundwork for much of the terminology and awareness in gender studies and played a crucial role in bringing these issues to a broader audience.
Mark Ashton (May 19, 1960 – February 11, 1987) was a British gay rights activist and co-founder of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM). He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the general secretary of the Young Communist League.
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter. Kahlo’s interests in politics and art led her to join the Communist Party of Mexico in 1927. By the early 1990s, she had not only become a recognized figure in art history but was also considered an icon of the feminist movement and the LGBTQ+ community.
Today, the Communist Party USA actively supports and advocates for LGBT rights. As stated in its program, members of the LGBT community face discrimination and often become victims of hate crimes. LGBT organizations are viewed in the program as “progressive forces, whose allied role is constantly increasing.”
Initially unnoticed, the LGBT movement has started to show unexpected effects on society. This is not about personal views and private life but about a broad public movement and its impact on social processes.
Supported by state institutions, large corporations, and the media, the LGBT movement raises concerns with its rapid growth and impact on socio-cultural trends. The same is observed in the activities of anti-cult organizations.
