Roscoe became internationally known after publishing his book, The Zuni Man-Woman (University of New Mexico Press). But it was Hay’s early research and encouragement which prompted Will Roscoe to begin his own study of alternative gender roles. In the ’60s, Hay interrupted this research and shifted his energies to political organising in support of the burgeoning radical Native American movement. During the ’50s and ’60s, Hay had studied the American Indian berdache role and came to view it as an example of a socially approved pattern of sex and gender variance that allowed individuals to make a unique contribution to their communities. Hay sparked Roscoe’s interest in studying the social role and status of cross-dressing berdache in Native American communities. He was influenced by Hay and later edited a collection of his writings, Radically Gay: Gay Liberation in the Words of Its Founder. In 1979 Will Roscoe attended the first radical faerie gathering in Arizona where he met veteran gay liberationist, Harry Hay.
But if it had been carried, it would have stopped homosexuals from being employed in any capacity in the Californian school system. Proposition 6, a citizen- initiated referendum orchestrated by Republican Senator John Briggs, was ultimately defeated.
In 1978 he served as voter registration coordinator for the “No on 6” Campaign in San Francisco, registering over 10,000 new voters. In 1977 he coordinated the Gay People’s Alliance at the University of Oregon and spearheaded the formation of the Oregon Gay Alliance, a statewide coalition of Gay and Lesbian groups. Will Roscoe has been active in the gay liberation movement since 1975, when he helped found Lambda, the first Gay and Lesbian organisation in Montana. The Way We Were, The Way We Can Be will feature the slide show, Woman Warrior/Woman Chief: The Two-Spirit Women and Their Sisters. On February 19, he will speak at a special Melbourne event hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women.
U.S gay activist and award winning author, Will Roscoe, is to visit Australia in early 2000.
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