Analysis: The Gay Liberation Movement

The liberation movement I am about discuss is the gay liberation also known as LGBT. This group has faced many challenges over the years. The gay liberation main agenda is to repeal discriminatory laws and to gain access to opportunities previously denied to them. Another one of gay liberation movement goals is to overcome mistaken beliefs about and attitudes towards gay people. Also know as homophobic beliefs. The gay liberation also wants to “from a larger, broader and more diverses group of people who have been persecuted and oppressed because of being different, or queer”(Ball, Dagger and O' Neill 252).
The gay liberation movement relates to the ideology of socialism. One of the arguments socialists make is the division of the class in society. They believe if one class of people holds most of the wealth and noticeably limits the choices open to the working class. These conditions to them are exploitative and unjust. They …show more content…
First off I did not know how far back this movement went. Also I did not know what their agenda was. When I read more about the gay liberation movement. They are fighting for basic rights that they are stripped off. This really shocked me because we were treating them like they are not humans by taking away rights and liberties everyone should have. Also in their agenda they are trying to get rid of the homophobic beliefs. For example, “all gays molest children, or that homosexuality is abnormal or perverted sexual preference that can, and should be corrected by religious, psychiatric help, and most gays deep down want to be straight” (Ball, Dagger and O' Neill 249). I found myself in disbelief that people actually thought these beliefs were true. I never knew so many people believed these lies and that it was such a serious problem which needed to be addressed. I am glad that I have read about the gay liberation movement because it has definitely changed my beliefs about