gay liberation
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of gay liberation
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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An alcove devoted to gay rights displays an early version of the rainbow flag, campaign and protest buttons, and a ceiling fragment from the Stonewall Inn, where a 1969 uprising launched the gay liberation movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
This year's Pride is celebrating 50 years since the first gay liberation protest march in the city in 1973.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2023
“It was not so long ago, when the story of Irish-American unity, and the story of gay liberation would never have been told together,” Healey said in her speech to the Senate.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
For Seligman, the film was an opportunity to strike back against reductive ideas of what life for out queer folk was like before the age of gay liberation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
What you’re talking about are some of the earliest battles that happened in the first decade of the gay liberation movement.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2023
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