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gay liberation

[ gey lib-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against gay people.


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Other Words From

  • gay lib·er·a·tion·ist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gay liberation1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

Think sexual liberation, 1970s groups like the Gay Liberation Front, and slogans like “Smash the church/Smash the state.”

In the 1970s and 1980s, gay liberation was about the liberation of sexual choice.

Radicals point out that gay liberation in the 1970s was, as the name implies, a liberation movement.

Gay liberation was the direct descendant of the Sixties antiwar movement and the sexual revolution.

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