Hansberry and Hay
b'To be queer and communist at a time when the Communist Party in the U.S. banned LGBT people was tricky and often perilous. In her new book\\xa0Bettina Aptheker profiles Lorraine Hansberry (who famously penned the play \\u201cA Raisin in the Sun\\u201d), Harry Hay (best known for founding the Mattachine Society), and other figures with radical sensibilities and closeted sexualities. (Encore presentation.)\\nBettina Aptheker,\\xa0Communists in Closets: Queering the History 1930s-1990s\\xa0Routledge, 2023\\nThe post Hansberry and Hay appeared first on KPFA.'