Radicals of the 1970s would later disparage the homophile groups for being assimilationist. He is regarded as an ally of the homophile movement in the 1950s-1970s. Rodwell was a radical in the generally cautious homophile movement. The Janus Society was an early homophile organization founded in 1962 and based in Philadelphia. The words homophile and homophilia are dated terms for homosexuality. ECHO was meant to facilitate cooperation between homophile organizations and outside administrations. The groups operated under the collective name East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO). The homophile movement lobbied to establish a prominent influence in political systems of social acceptability. Earlier movements focused on self-help and self-acceptance, such as the homophile movement of the 1950s. It began in 1940 when a man named Harry Hay idealized the term homophile.