Gay rights movement 1980s

Lower-case lambda, first used in as a symbol representing gay rights [1][2] The gay liberation movement was a social and political movement of the late s through the mids [a] in the Western world, that urged lesbians and gay men to engage in radical direct action, and to counter societal shame with gay pride. [5] In the feminist spirit of the personal being political, the most.

The increasing expansion of a global LGBT rights movement suffered a setback during the s, as the gay male community was decimated by the Aids epidemic, demands for compassion and medical funding led to renewed coalitions between men and women as well as angry street theatre by groups like Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Queer.

The gay rights movement is a civil rights movement that advocates equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons, and queer persons—and calls for an end to discrimination against LGBTQ persons in employment, credit, housing, public accommodations, and other areas of life.

Article • Pride Through the Decades Pride in the 's Stonewall National Monument The Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners group, which the campaign forged between the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community and British labour groups, proved to be an important turning point in the progression of LGB issues in the United Kingdom.