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gay liberation front manifesto 1971

A short acunt of the Gay Liberatn Front the UK, wrten by Stuart Feather.

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LONDON GAY LIBERATN FRONT MANIFTO 1971

From the llectns of the Sparrows' Nt Library and Archive. Gay Liberatn Front Manifto Published 1971. Published by GLF Gay Liberatn... * gay liberation front manifesto 1971 *

The Gay Liberatn Front Manifto, published London 1971, was a revolutn nscns and remas so today. It offers a radil crique of sexism and what we now ll homophobia; as well as a pneerg, far-sighted agenda for both social and personal transformatn.

They rema h, novative, challengg and spirg; stratospher above the equent medcry of today’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) polics.

Although I did not wre the Manifto, I was a Gay Liberatn Front (GLF) activist at the time and volved the discsns – and rows – about . Although cril of the misogyny and homophobia of the “straight left”, posned the LGBT stggle as part of the broar anti-palist, anti-imperialist movement, strivg for the emancipatn of all humankd.

GAY LIBERATN FRONT MANIFTO

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In orr to build this alliance, the brothers gay liberatn will have to be prepared to sacrifice that gree of male chvism and male privilege that they still all posss.

GAY LIBERATN FRONT MANIFTO, LONDON 1971

A radil manifto for gay liberatn published by the Marxist cell of the US Gay Liberatn Front 1970. * gay liberation front manifesto 1971 *

It criqu homophobia, sexism, marriage, the nuclear fay, monogamy, the cults of youth and bety, patriarchy, the gay ghetto and rigid male and female genr rol. The Manifto’s ialistic visn volved creatg a new sexual mocracy, whout homophobia, misogyny, racism and class privilege. It means that we mt root out the ia that homosexualy is bad, sick or immoral, and velop a gay pri.

Wh gay liberatn, a number of nscns-raisg groups have already veloped, which we try to unrstand our opprsn and learn new ways of thkg and behavg. Revolutnary not reformist, GLF’s Manifto went beyond overturng homophobia and transphobia. The aim was to end “male chvism” and the “genr system”, which were intified as unrpng both sexism and homophobia.

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Gay Liberatn Front Manifto by Gay Liberatn Front. Manifto Group., 1979, Gay Liberatn Front edn, English - 2nd ed. * gay liberation front manifesto 1971 *

It n easily be seen that homosexuals don’t f to the stereotyp of mascule and feme and this is one of the ma reasons why we bee the object of spicn, sce everyone is tght that the and only the two rol are appropriate…. “The long-term goal of Gay Liberatn, which evably brgs to nflict wh the stutnalised sexism of this society, is to rid society of the genr-role system which is at the root of our opprsn.

GAY LIBERATN FRONT (GLF) MANIFTO 1971

This 50th Anniversary Edn of the Gay Liberatn Front Manifto has been published by GLF Reclaim Pri Collective, a group of GLF agators and today's LGBTQ+ activists. It marks the first time the origal manifto has been reproduced sce 1971. Edns produced by the GLF Informatn Service, 1979 and 2010 * gay liberation front manifesto 1971 *

But gay men don’t need to opprs women orr to fulfil their own psycho-sexual needs, and gay women don’t have to relate sexually to the male opprsor, so that at this moment time, the et and most equal relatnships are most likely to be between homosexuals.

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Furthermore some materials nta triggerg ntent which is racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, natnalistic, anti-Semic, ableist, ageist, or otherwise not reprentative of the movement.

Skip to ma ntentThe Gay Liberatn Front (GLF) was found by stunts Bob Mellors and Aubrey Walter. It challenged gay people to e out and be visible, while also explorg the means by which they were opprsed by society. For the GLF, gay liberatn was not about law reform, was about a revolutnary change society.

GAY LIBERATN FRONT: MANIFTO

Many gay rights anisatns that emerged durg the urse of the 1980s and 1990s would have their re prcipl rooted the work of the manifto digised here is the first what will bee an onle library of key LGBTQ+ texts om the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, held the Special Collectns and Archiv here at the Manifto, 1971GLF Manifto, 1979Further readg our LGBTQ+ CollectnsWhat We Do. On the 27th June, 1969 as part of s policy of raidg and closg Gay Bars, the New York Police arrived at the Stonewall Inn to rough up the ctomers and make a few arrts.

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