gay activism
Queer rights movement
Gay activism is organized effort to secure legal rights, social acceptance, and equal treatment for gay people.
The term covers a range of activities from lobbying and litigation to marches and protests: Gay activism in the 1970s laid groundwork for later marriage equality battles.
Some use the broader term LGBTQ activism to include bisexual, transgender, and other groups.
- equal marriageWedlock open to all
- pride paradesLGBTQ+ community celebrations
- pride marchLGBTQ advocacy procession
- support groupsGatherings for shared struggles
- volunteer networksConnected groups of unpaid helpers
court cases · Stonewall · lavender scare · anti-discrimination laws · bathroom bills · conversion therapy ban · lobbying · ACT UP · community outreach · human rights treaties · Harvey Milk · queer cinema · awareness campaigns · grassroots campaigns · gay rights · public protests · voter mobilization · safe spaces
- LGBTQgay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- LGBTQ+ rightsgay rights, equal rights, lesbian rights, transgender rights, LGBTQ+ rights
gay activismsocial conservatism
Ideology favoring established moral standards
traditionalism · heteronormativity · religious conservatism · religious fundamentalism
gay activismpolitical apathy
Indifference to governance
quietism · inaction · silence · complacency · disengagement
activism, gayness, activist, activists, active, actively, activate, activated, activates