An interesting add-on to recognizing the importance of Hooker’s work might need to acknowledge the critical cooperation of the Los Angeles branch of the Mattachine Society, a pre-Stonewall gay rights organization. Without their assistance, Hooker likely would not have been able to complete his work.

Just another example of how Stonewall did not happen in a vacuum. Stonewall is very important as myth and symbol, but some of our history can pale in its shadow.