Vanguard Revisited - GLBT Historical Society

From the Don Lucas Papers,
Courtesy of the GLBT Historical
Society, 1966.
Excerpts from Jean-Paul Marat Letter, From the Lyon Martin Papers, Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society
“You must realize that 99% of the homosexual organizations in the U.S. are composed of
and run by, the middle class, well established hidden homosexual. VANGUARD and one or
two other organizations are composed of the other 1% of the homosexuals in the country.
We are the hustlers, who are bought and paid for by the same people who will not hire us to
a legitimate job.”
“We are the people with long hair who will neither hire to work for you nor allow in your
organizations. We are the young homosexuals, as young as thirteen or fourteen, who are to
[sic] damn young and confused to really know where else to go but to one of the well known
organizations.”