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gay liberation
[ gey lib-uh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- 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.”
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In the 1970s and 1980s, gay liberation was about the liberation of sexual choice.
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Radicals point out that gay liberation in the 1970s was, as the name implies, a liberation movement.
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Gay liberation was the direct descendant of the Sixties antiwar movement and the sexual revolution.
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