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What were the goals of the gay rights movement?
What individuals and organizations were active in the movement?
What strategies or actions did the movement use to raise awareness and fight for their cause?
As they fought for their rights, what challenges and opposition did they face by people attempting to squash their efforts?
How was the movement inspired by the Black Freedom Struggle AND/OR how did the movement work with other movements to achieve common goals?
What were the movement’s achievements?
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The Gay rights Movement was a social and political movement which were predominant in the late 1960s through the mid-1980s that encouraged the LGBT community to engage in radical direct action, and to counter societal shame with gay pride.

One of such protests was the  Dewey's Sit-in which was further propelled by the Black Freedom struggle.

What was the Dewey's Sit-in?

The Dewey's sit-in was one of the many ways gay rights activist protested the resentment meted out to them by members of the larger community in the united states in 1965.

Activist used the lunch-counter sit-in strategy of the black civil rights movement, protesters held the nation's first successful LGBT sit-in in the spring of 1965 at Dewey's restaurant.

This restaurant was located at  the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, Dewey's was a popular hangout after the bars closed.

  • Some notable individuals and organizations that helped in the Gay rights movement are Advocates for Youth.
  • Center Link
  • Children of Lesbian and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
  • Equality Federation
  • Family Acceptance Project (FAP)
  • Family Equality Council

It is also worthy to note that these activists and advocacy groups faced a lot of challenges ranging from Stigma, Social isolation, and Poverty.

The major achievements of the gay rights groups was that people began to generally accept them and government made legislation enabling LGBT community to live a good life.

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