A short acunt of the Gay Liberatn Front the UK, wrten by Stuart Feather.
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GAY RIGHTS
* founder of the gay liberation front *
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.
New York’s ft enuntered black and whe drag queens, gay men and lbians, sick of police btaly, and who on beg physilly provoked fought back. On the 4th July Lbians and Gay Men om the Matache Society New York, rponse to the rts, staged a walk-out and moved to the Alternative Universy Greenwich Village where they found what beme the Gay Liberatn Front.
Aubrey Walter and Bob Mellor found the Gay Liberatn Front London, on 13th October, 1970 at the L. “Not only did liberatnists go to Philalphia to show solidary wh the black movement, but was there that Huey Newton as lear of the Panthers, first gave clear support of the Gay Cse, sayg that homosexuals were maybe the most opprsed people of Amerin society, and uld well be the most revolutnary.
FOUNDG MEMBER OF THE GAY LIBERATN FRONT CROSSWORD CLUE
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * founder of the gay liberation front *
On 13th November, GLF ma the first ever, public monstratn the UK by lbians and gay men at Highbury Fields, Islgton, to prott the e of “pretty policemen” agent provotrs ed by the police to entrap gay men to attemptg acts of gross cency, a standard police practice and an easy way for them to crease the figur for crime tectn and prosecutn.