1. homophile - Noun
2. homophile - Adjective
3. homophile - Adjective Satellite
someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
Source: WordNetI didn't know of any homophile movements pre-Stonewall. Rick James
According to Gay Lib writer Toby Marotta, "their Gay political outlooks were not homophile but liberationist". Source: Internet
Kay Lahusen, who photographed the marches in 1965, stated, "Up to 1969, this movement was generally called the homosexual or homophile movement.. Source: Internet
The motif of masks and unmasking was prevalent in the homophile era, prefiguring the political strategy of coming out and giving the Mattachine Society its name. Source: Internet
Clendinen, p. 31. The rise of militancy became apparent to Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings—who had worked in homophile organizations for years and were both very public about their roles—when they attended a GLF meeting to see the new group. Source: Internet
The Mattachine and DOB considered the trials of being arrested for wearing clothing of the opposite gender as a parallel to the struggles of homophile organizations: similar but distinctly separate. Source: Internet