gay rights
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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A new book from gay rights activist Marc Solomon sets the record straight about how gay marriage victories were really won.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality | E.J. Graff | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat do you get when you cross an oil company with gay rights?
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline | Jay Michaelson | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCompanies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.
“My daughter—who was 13 or so at the time, seven years ago—there was this thing about gay rights,” Foxx explains.
He was impressed by her landmark 2011 Human Rights Day speech linking fighting for gay rights to American foreign policy.
Gay Activist David Mixner: I Mercy Killed 8 People | Tim Teeman | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Black rights, women's rights and gay rights came a long way.
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