One of the groups formed due to the Stonewall Inn was called the Gay Liberation Front (G.L.F), it was named after the National liberation front of South Vietnam. The members of the Front felt that they were part of the movement that was antiwar, liberation, and collation of the new left. "The current system," wrote one Front member in a 1970 flyer entitled "What is Gay Liberation," "denies us our basic humanity in much the same way as it is denied to blacks, women, and other oppressed minorities; the grounds are just as irrational. Therefore, our liberation is tied to the liberation of all peoples." Groups of the Gay Liberation Front started to show up in Chicago, Los Angeles, and other major cities within a few months of the original group
…show more content…
The Gay Activist Alliance group wanted to channel the power of the Stonewall Riots into efficient power that could get results. The group on December 21,1969 created bylaws and a constitution in which they declared their rights to have what other humans have such as the right to their body, their right to love who they wanted to love, and right to express themselves how they seem fit. The Activist Alliances group had a more calm and sensitive approach compared to the Front members. They performed sit ins, rallies, and even lobbied for their rights. When comparing the two groups of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activist Alliance both had the same interest at core value. They wanted to fear the government and police brutality no longer for just being true themselves. Both groups encouraged smaller groups to use their name while protesting. However as time progressing in 1973 the G.A.A soon started to lose cabinet members as well as ordinary members decided to split off into different groups such as the National Gay Task Force and the Lesbian Feminist Liberation Inc. where members identified more with what they believed as individuals as well as their culture
The Gay Activist Alliance group wanted to channel the power of the Stonewall Riots into efficient power that could get results. The group on December 21,1969 created bylaws and a constitution in which they declared their rights to have what other humans have such as the right to their body, their right to love who they wanted to love, and right to express themselves how they seem fit. The Activist Alliances group had a more calm and sensitive approach compared to the Front members. They performed sit ins, rallies, and even lobbied for their rights. When comparing the two groups of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activist Alliance both had the same interest at core value. They wanted to fear the government and police brutality no longer for just being true themselves. Both groups encouraged smaller groups to use their name while protesting. However as time progressing in 1973 the G.A.A soon started to lose cabinet members as well as ordinary members decided to split off into different groups such as the National Gay Task Force and the Lesbian Feminist Liberation Inc. where members identified more with what they believed as individuals as well as their culture