gay rights

1. The movement for civil rights for homosexuals. It originated after a police raid on a gay bar in New York City in 1969, which triggered a riot and launched the grassroots reform movement seeking to end social and legal discrimination against gays. (See Stonewall Riot.)

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His economic adviser, Jorge Quiroz, who like Grau and Escobar got his Ph.D. in economics in the U.S., says, “All those things about the conservative agenda in terms of abortion and gay rights aren’t part of the program, period.”

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More than three dozen in-depth interviews with gay men, lesbian women, bisexuals and transgender people, along with surveys and several new books, including “The End of the Gay Rights Revolution” by Ronan McCrea, also coming out next month, reveal a complicated—and contentious—relationship between the LGB and TQ+ components of what advocacy organizations and the Democratic party refer to as “LGBTQ+ people.”

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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.

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Before the men's World Cup in Qatar, Fishlock opened up on the importance of visibility amid concerns over the 2022 tournament host nation's record on gay rights.

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Zara feels that, generally speaking, a political gap has emerged between young men and women and that, for some of the latter, it's very important their partners are clear about where they stand on certain moral and social issues - like abortion, feminism and gay rights.

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