The New York gay liberation front.

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The New York gay liberation front.

Article about the history of the Gay Liberation Front of New York City, which was founded in July 1969 shortly after the Stonewall Riots, and continued through 1971.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7887130

Cornell University Library

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Gay Liberation Front (New York, N.Y.)

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The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was a loosely structured group of gay rights activists who were interested in the radical sexual liberation for all people. In the summer of 1969, independent GLF chapters were founded in several cities, including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. Members in Los Angeles offered draft counseling, and organized "Gay-ins," dances, protests, and other demonstrations. Founded soon after the Stonewall Riots in New York, New York...

Wandel, Richard

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Gay activist. From the description of The New York gay liberation front. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63535049 Administrative History Jim Owles, Marty Robinson, Arthur Evans, and others disenchanted by the lack of structure and focus of the Gay Liberation Front and the rigid hierarchical structure of the Mattachine Society of New York formed the Gay Activists Alliance, GAA. The founders sought to avoi...