gay power

[gey pou-er]

noun

1. the organized political influence exerted by members of the gay and lesbian community as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gay power¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Queer members of the New Left made coming out into a clarion call as they demanded gay power and liberation in the late 1960s, and it has remained a key strategy of queer activists ever since — a declaration not just of pride, but of purpose and personhood.

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The words "Gay Pride" and "Gay Power" were scrawled on the boarded-up windows of the Stonewall.

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Marchers trooped to Central Park, chanting “Gay power!” and “Gay and proud!”

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“This is now the official Gay Power Stance,” one of their captions read.

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Mitchell, though, was struck by it and by the crowd that gathered the night after the raid, calling for gay power as another tense standoff developed with police.

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