"For the people to publicly make a statement that they were gay or lbian was this enormo risk for them — they uld have lost everythg."
Contents:
A look back at a major turng pot the stggle for gay rights * gay rights movement photos *
Then ’69 she beme part of this anizatn lled the Gay Liberatn Front and began documentg gay, lbian, and transgenr activists New York Cy and around the was photography weaponized as a tool for LGBT activism?
This was due to the fact that homosexualy was illegal the Uned Stat durg this era. Post-Stonewall you have a real emergence as part of gay liberatn of tryg to document the people’s liv.
The photographers were a part of a movement of gay visibily wh the objective of takg back public space. Part of the opprsn faced by gay and transgenr people the ‘60s was beg nied accs to public space. A bar uld be shut down if they had gay patrons, you uld be arrted for cross-drsg durg the time.