gay liberation
LGBTQ rights movement
Gay liberation is the political and social movement that emerged in the late 1960s advocating for the rights and acceptance of homosexual people.
Unlike earlier homophile organizations that sought quiet assimilation, gay liberation embraced visibility, pride, and confrontation: The Stonewall riots launched the gay liberation movement.
The term now sounds dated, largely replaced by LGBTQ rights or queer activism.
Refuse to answer questions
- Daughters of BilitisFirst US lesbian organization
- ACT UPHIV/AIDS direct-action organization
- Christopher StreetNYC LGBT landmark street
- homophileSupporter of same-sex attraction
Harvey Milk · zaps · direct action · grassroots · coalition · solidarity · manifesto · consciousness-raising
Revealing one's identity
- closetedKeeping part of oneself secret
- outNot present here
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
self-acceptance · queer · homosexuality · bisexuality · lesbian · gay · community · chosen family
Striped LGBTQ emblem
- dragResistance through fluid
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- voguingStylized pose-based dancing
- campTemporary outdoor shelter site
Stonewall Inn · Gay Pride · festival · celebration · glitter · flamboyant · pageantry · visibility
Ending criminal status
- sodomy lawsStatutes criminalizing particular sexual behaviors
- marriage equalitySame legal wedlock for all
- civil unionsLegal status for couples
- adoption rightsLegal ability to adopt
anti-discrimination · employment protection · housing rights · military service · Proposition 8 · equal protection · legal recognition · partnership
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- riotViolent public disturbance
confrontation · defiance · radical · militant · streetfighting · police raid · backlash · oppression
Stonewall
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- Daughters of BilitisFirst US lesbian organization
- ACT UPHIV/AIDS direct-action organization
- Christopher StreetNYC LGBT landmark street
Harvey Milk · homophile · zaps · direct action · grassroots · coalition · solidarity · manifesto · consciousness-raising · sit-in
coming out
Revealing one's identity
- closetedKeeping part of oneself secret
- outNot present here
- visibilityRange of clear sight
pride · self-acceptance · queer · homosexuality · bisexuality · lesbian · gay · community · chosen family · safe space
rainbow flag
Striped LGBTQ emblem
camp · Stonewall Inn · Gay Pride · festival · celebration · glitter · flamboyant · pageantry · visibility · community center
decriminalization
Ending criminal status
- sodomy lawsStatutes criminalizing particular sexual behaviors
- marriage equalitySame legal wedlock for all
- civil unionsLegal status for couples
adoption rights · anti-discrimination · employment protection · housing rights · military service · Proposition 8 · equal protection · legal recognition · partnership · inheritance
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
riot · confrontation · defiance · radical · militant · streetfighting · police raid · backlash · oppression · heteronormativity
- LGBTQgay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- LGBTQ historyStonewall riots, Harvey Milk, pride movement, gay rights movement, Daughters of Bilitis
- LGBTQ rightsgay rights, trans rights, lesbian rights, gay marriage, marriage equality
- Queer Litgay fiction, queer romance, queer authors, coming-out stories, queer fiction
- StonewallStonewall Inn, riots, uprising, police raid, Greenwich Village
- liberation movementsfeminism, abolitionism, anti-colonialism, womanism, suffragism
gay liberationhomophobia
Prejudice against same-sex attraction
heterosexism · conversion therapy · sodomy laws · religious right · heteronormativity
gay liberationshame
Painful awareness of failure
internalized homophobia · invisibility · hiding · silence · concealment
liberate, liberation, liberated, liberator, liberating, liberalize, gayness, liberators, gayer