“Karla Jay's intimate account of life in the early years of feminism and gay liberation is as irresistible as a novel, but as credible, humorous, and unexpected as real life.” YearsRealNovelFeminismGayHumorousAccountsReal LifeLiberationIntimateUnexpectedIrresistibleCredibleGay Liberation Author:Gloria Steinem
“The terrifying message of gay liberation is that men are capable of loving their brothers. It should be sweet news to every womanin the world, for, if the capacity of men to love whom they have been taught to treat as competitors and enemies can transcend their education, the world can begin to heal.” IfsMenWorldShouldHas BeensEnemyTaughtSweetBrotherGayMessagesNewsCapableCapacityTreatsHealLiberationCompetitorsGay Liberation Book:A Hot-Eyed Moderate: Essays Source: A Hot-Eyed Moderate: Essays
“By the time [of modern] generation was coming of age sexually, there was already this idea of safe sex. But that didn't exist for me. I came out of the free-swinging '60s and '70s. It was free love, baby. That was it. We had very liberal sex-ed classes in 1973, a yearlong environmental science class, and then Women's Lib and Gay Liberation. So it's insane to go from that to Reagan and AIDS. It was like, "What happened? Where's my future?"” IdeasAgeSexClassGenerationsHappenedModernBabyGaySafeEnvironmentalAidsInsaneLiberationComing Of AgeMy FutureSexuallyFree LoveScience ClassGay LiberationEnvironmental Science Author:Michael Stipe
“I am old school, I joined the gay liberation movement in 1972. If you had told me in 1972 that in the year 2009 I would be campaigning for the right to join the army or get married I think I would have started dating women at that time.” IfsThinkingYearsWould BeSchoolMovementGayMarriedDatingArmyLiberationOld SchoolCampaigningJoining The ArmyGay Liberation Author:Cleve Jones
“I have no personal desire to get married whatsoever and I certainly have no desire to be a soldier. I'm old school, I'm from gay liberation, we wanted to end war forever and smash the patriarchy and these are values I still hold dear but, I believe that any person who wants to get married should have that right and I know that Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual people serve with distinction in the armed forces, and that when they are killed, supposedly serving our country in these wars, that I personally do not support, their partners back home do not receive death benefits.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldBelievePersonsStillsWarEndsCountryHomeWantedSchoolDesireValuesForceI BelieveSupportForeverGayBenefitsMarriedShould HaveSoldierDearPartnersOur CountryLiberationDistinctionServingPatriarchyBack HomeOld SchoolBisexualArmed ForcesPersonal DesireGay Liberation Author:Cleve Jones
“I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.” PeopleHumansBlackGayFemaleLiberationBlack PeopleGay PeopleGay Pride Author:Richard Pryor
“Glorification of the 'natural' is part of the ideology which protects an unnatural society in its struggle against liberation.” NaturalStruggleGayProtectIdeologyLiberationUnnaturalGlorification Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society