that proclaimed the victory, the flyers' dave jennings credit for the aggressive fight for their stance against being -- that being a homosexual and not necessarily make one prone or guilty to lewd or dissolute behavior. and the fire pointed out that this is a victory for everyone, heterosexuals as well as homosexuals, since both were potential victims of an chatman to. the committee asked for donations to continue the legal fight and asked that checks be made possible -- payable to blank and they sent in care of the mattachine foundation inc. in los angeles. the controversial case drew local and eventually national attention as mattachine this summer and fall in the trial organized membership which ballooned. mattachine my discussion groups immediately sprang up in long beach, laguna beach and fresno. by early 1953 groups that form as far away as san diego, san francisco, oakland, berkeley and chicago. emboldened by the triumph men and women of the mattachine brought the days of fear, silence and secrecy to an end. thank you. >> thanks, todd. again that is from "pre-gay l.a.: a social