ABSTRACT
One of the founders of the modern American gay movement, W. Dorr Legg served the cause until his death. Legg's experience had an extraordinary span, for he lived in every decade of the twentieth century. He witnessed World War I, the Great Depression, WorldWar II, and the profound social changes that began in the 1950s, including the civil rights movement. From his base in Los Angeles, he tenaciously fostered the rise of the American gay movement, guiding its most durable organization, ONE, Inc., through many unanticipated storms and discouraging setbacks.
