Noun
(politics) Equality for homosexual people.
(politics) An activist movement in the late 1960s to 1980s that advocates better treatment for gay men and lesbian women.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgDismissing the reason simply as political correctness, Bronski writes, "gay liberation was a youth movement whose sense of history was defined to a large degree by rejection of the past." Source: Internet
Among those marching were Jim Fouratt, a veteran of the Gay Liberation Front formed in 1969 during the Stonewall Rebellion, and Mark Milano who has been with ACT UP since the 1980s. Source: Internet
A Very Natural Thing is an artifact of the era before AIDS, focusing on issues of polyamory, ‘70s gay liberation, and the place of traditional relationships in the community. Source: Internet
Since you can’t know where you’re going unless you know where you’ve been, “Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation by Jim Downs (Basic Books, March 1) is a great look back at the efforts, activism, and advocacy for gay rights. Source: Internet
Many new activists consider the Stonewall uprising the birth of the gay liberation movement. Source: Internet
The growth of lesbian feminism in the 1970s at times so conflicted with the gay liberation movement that some lesbians refused to work with gay men. Source: Internet