 Gay Liberation Front Poster, New York 1970 Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was the name of a number of Gay Liberation groups, the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969, immediately after the Stonewall riots. LGBT movements is a collective term for a number of social movements that share related goals of social acceptance of homosexuality and/or gender variance. ...
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World laws on homosexuality Same-sex unions in North America. ...
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The Death of Orpheus In Albrecht Dürers 1494 drawing, the banner hung in the tree reads: Orfeus der erst puseran (Orpheus, the first sodomite). The word puseran(t) derives from the Latin bulgarus from which come also the terms bugger in English and bougre in French. ...
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The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also...
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The Stonewall riots, which as a whole is often called the Stonewall Rebellion, were a series of violent conflicts between lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer persons and police officers in New York City. ...
One of the GLF's first acts was to organize a march in response to Stonewall, and to demand an end to the persecution of homosexuals. The GLF had a broad political platform, denouncing racism and declaring support for various Third World struggles and the Black Panther Party — some of whom would return the gesture of solidarity. They took an anti-capitalist stance, and attacked the nuclear family and traditional gender roles. Several GLF women such as Martha Shelley went on to form the Lavender Menace. Logo of the Black Panther Party. ...
The Lavender Menace is a group of radical lesbians formed in New York in 1970. ...
Having read about the GLF, Aubrey Walter went to New York after graduating from the London School of Economics (LSE). While in New York he met Bob Mellors, another LSE student. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area Ranked 27th - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²) - Width 285 miles (455 km) - Length 330 miles (530 km) - % water 13. ...
The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or simply the LSE, is a specialist university and a constituent college of the federal University of London, located on Houghton Street in Central London, off the Aldwych and next to the Royal...
After returning to London, they arranged a GLF meeting in a room at the LSE on October 13, 1970. When Louis Eaks, a leading member of the Young Liberals, was arrested for cottaging on Highbury Fields, Islington, the GLF decided to protest. This torchlight demonstration on November 27 1970 involved around 80 GLF members, and was the first ever public gay protest in Britain. For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ...
October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become...
Highbury Fields Boer War memorial: imperial extravaganza. ...
Islington is an inner-city district in north London. ...
November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
In August 1971 a GLF march along Islington's Upper Street to Highbury Fields laid the foundations for the first Gay Pride in London in 1972. The GLF occupied Time Out's London office in March 1972, demanding that the magazine publish gay advertisements. The group inserted a flyer in copies of Dr David Reuben's Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex (which claimed gay men were obsessed with vegetables) claiming the publishers would give a refund to anyone who was not satisfied with the book, and later delivered a 12-foot long cucumber to the publishers' London offices. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
Six color rainbow gay pride flag flying over Castro Street, San Francisco, June 2005 The gay pride or simply pride campaign of the gay rights movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of what they are, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and...
The distinctive Time Out logo, seen on all its publications Time Out is a publishing company based in London. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...
The best organised GLF action was to disrupt the opening of the Festival of Light organised by Mary Whitehouse at Methodist Central Hall. Groups of GLF members in drag invaded and spontaneously kissed each other; others released mice, sounded horns and unveiled banners, and a contingent dressed as workmen obtained access to the basement and shut off the lights. Mary Whitehouse in her later years. ...
Feral mouse A mouse is a mammal that belongs to one of numerous species of small rodents in the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ (Old World Mice). ...
See also - Brenda Howard
- Queer Commission of the Socialist Party USA - commited to anti-establishment gay activism
Brenda Howard (December 24, 1946 – June 28, 2005) a bisexual activist and sex-positive feminist who is an important figure in the modern LGBT rights movement. ...
References Book about the London GLF: No Bath But Plenty Of Bubbles: An Oral History Of The Gay Liberation Front 1970-73 by Lisa Power (Editor). New York and London: Cassell, 1995 |
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