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Blowing the Lid Gay Liberation, Sexual Revolution and Radical Queens Stuart Feather The Gay Liberation Front founded in 1970 urged gay men and gay women to unite around a simple set of demands among which were calls for an end to discrimination against homosexuals in employment, in sex education, in the age of consent and in being treated as sick by the medical establishment. GLF saw itself as a people’s movement for gays, socialist by virtue of its demand for social change, and revolutionary in recognizing the rights of other oppressed minorities to determine the fight for their own demands. All history is personal. The author of this political memoir is the first participant of the Front to write a history of the lesbians and gay men who joined Gay Liberation and through a process of Coming Out and radicalization initiated an anarchic campaign that permanently changed the face of this country. Author Bio Stuart Feather is the first participant of the Front to write a history of the lesbians and gay men who joined Gay Liberation. Endorsements Invaluable as well as entertaining first hand radical testimony from the period, essential for anyone who wants to understand how this country has changed and who wants to think about how it could be changed more. Neil Bartlett, author USP Written by a participant who knew all the core members of the movement. The writing includes quotes from previously recorded oral histories of the major activists and reproduces many original documents from GLF campaigns, the GLF newspaper and newssheets. Competing Books No Bath but plenty of Bubbles (0304331954), by Lisa Power Cassell, 1995 Categories SOCIAL SCIENCE(SOC012000) -> Gay Studies(SOC012000) POLITICAL SCIENCE(POL004000) -> Political Freedom & Security(POL004000) -> Civil Rights(POL004000) SOCIAL SCIENCE(SOC032000) -> Gender Studies(SOC032000)	Publication Date February 2016 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78535-143-3 $45.95  |  £25.99 8.5x5.5 inches | 216x140 mm 576PP eBook ISBN: 978-1-78535-144-0 $15.99  |  £9.99 Library of Congress 2015937455
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