gay liberation

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English[edit]

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Noun[edit]

gay liberation (uncountable)

  1. (politics) Equality for homosexual people.
  2. (politics) An activist movement in the late 1960s to 1980s that advocates better treatment for gay men and lesbian women.

Usage notes[edit]

The "liberation" part of the word does not necessarily mean separatism, but "liberation" from discrimination and persecution.

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