Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advocates equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons, and queer persons—and calls for an end to discrimination against LGBTQ persons in employment, credit,
Britannica Dictionary definition of GAY [or more gay; most gay] 1 a:sexually or romantically attracted to someone who is the same sex My uncle isgay. balways used before a noun:of, relating to, or used by gay people thegayrights movement ...
1.(=homosexual) [man, community, movement] →gayadj inv,homosexual; [woman] →homosexual,lesbiano; [bar] →gayadj inv, degays a centre for lesbians and gay men→uncentroparalesbianasygays gay men and women→hombresymujereshomosexuales,gaysylesbianas ...
the gay rights movement a gay bar 2 a : happily excited : merry in a gay mood b : keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits a bird's gay spring song 3 a : bright, lively gay sunny meadows b : brilliant in color 4 : given to social pleasures al...
gay rightsDefinitions (1) Example Sentences Advertisement gay rightsThe 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 ...
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. with gay aˈbandon (old-fashioned) without thinking about the results or effects of a particular action:Although she was nervous at first, she was soon singing and dancing with gay abandon. ...
gay-rights movement, organized efforts to end the criminalization of homosexuality and protect the civil rights of homosexuals. While there was some organized activity on behalf of the rights of homosexuals from the mid-19th through the first half of
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Robin Souza, using the pseudonym Gary Dutton, became one of the founders of the Gay Activists Alliance, the organization most responsible for the spread of the gay liberation movement that emerged from Stonewall. What made Stonewall different The Gay Activists Alliance invented the "zap" and micro...
At a time when the gay movement is under unprecedented public scrutiny, lesbians and gay men of color and others committed to antiracist organizing are asking: Does the gay and lesbian movement want to create a just society for everyone? Where's the revolution? That is the real danger facing...