By JoAnne Myers
The Lesbian Liberation flow (LLM) is either a move that encompasses releasing a sexual perform from stigmatization, and a political flow not easy the twin oppression of girls through the patriarchy's assumption of male supremacy and heterosexuality. through the years, a lot has been written on homosexuality, and the homosexual Liberation circulation (GLM), but a lot of the focal point has been on male homosexuals, in particular male gay job and the politics that that task raises.
The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation move: nonetheless the Rage is a complete evaluation and source advisor for some of the most invisible social political activities: the Lesbian Liberation circulate. This e-book is helping to make the still-active flow visible―the heritage, successes, setbacks, controversies, and concerns. This e-book is an effective secondary source for these learning this social political circulate, containing a chronology, contextual review, dictionary entries that disguise people, legislation, terminology, matters, and nations, and an intensive bibliography of fundamental assets and present work.
A reference paintings, this booklet might be in all libraries and utilized by researchers learning the Lesbian Liberation stream.
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Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco attracts 350,000 marchers. Gilbert Baker designs the Rainbow Flag flown for the first time in the parade. July 1. ” July 26. Mexico City’s first public demonstration for lesbian and gay rights. The International Gay Association (now the International Lesbian and Gay Association) is founded in Coventry, England. August 20. Ronald Reagan announces his opposition to California Proposition 6, thus ensuring its defeat. November 27. Dan White assassinates Harvey Milk and the San Francisco city mayor, George Moscone.
October 7. Hate-crime victim Matthew Shepard is found beaten CHRONOLOGY • xlv and tied to fence outside of Laramie, Wyoming; he dies on October 12. National protests are held for hate-crimes legislation across the country. In New York City, protestors are harassed by police and many are arrested. December 2. Over two hundred right-wing protesters stormed theaters in Bombay, India, forcing the theaters to suspend showing Deepa Mehta’s Fire, the first Indian film about a lesbian relationship. The Campaign for Lesbian Rights is founded soon after.
Congressman Larry McDonald (D-Georgia) sponsors the successful McDonald Amendment which prohibits legal services from assisting in any case, including lesbian custody, that would promote homosexuality. June 24. The People for the American Way, television producer Norman Lear’s group to combat the Moral Majority, begin their media campaign to promote social diversity and political pluralism. June 30. Florida Governor Bob Graham signs the Trask Amendment prohibiting state funds to universities that recognized gay groups.