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In 1973, Queens Liberation Front agreed to a compromise amendment to New York City's anti-discrimination ordinance that added sexual orientation to the ordinance, but clarified the ordinance did not cover cross-dressing. The organization's director, Bebe Scarpie, met with the bill's sponsor at City
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and spoke against this sentiment, delivering a speech about spending time in jail, and being harassed and beaten by the straight men who were preying on all the members of the gay community. Rivera ended by leading a chant for "Gay Power!" Lesbian Feminist Liberation's
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then read a statement on behalf of 100 women that read, in part, "We support the right of every person to dress in the way that she or he wishes. But we are opposed to the exploitation of women by men for entertainment or profit." Queens Liberation Front's
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Hall and agreed to the compromise. The organization's lawyer, Richard Levidow, believed the exclusionary clause violated the
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beginning in 1971. The Queens Liberation Front collaborated with a number of other LGBTQ+ activist groups, including the
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The organization was founded in part to oppose the relegation of drag queens to the back of the March at the first
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In the early 1970s, the organizations successfully used litigation to overturn a New York City ordinance against
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Queens Liberation Front participated in many activities to advocate for the rights of LGBT people, particularly
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in 1969. At his first ball in February 1969, Brewster announced plans to form the group, with October 31, 1969 (
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replied in support of drag and the drag queens in the community. The increasingly angry crowd only calmed when
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Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries: Survival, Revolt, and Queer Antagonist Struggle
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The organization often collaborated with other local LGBT organizations, such as
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moved to the front and marched at the front of the parade anyway.
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Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence
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New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival
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That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation
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apartment, arrived, took the microphone, and began singing "
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Jean O Leary Lesbian Feminist Liberation 1973 Pride Rally
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LGBTQ political advocacy groups in New York (state)
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Index


Lee Brewster
Transgender Archive
October 31, 1969 (1969-10-31)
New York City
New York
Lee Brewster
Bunny Eisenhower
homophile
transvestite
New York City
Gay Activists Alliance
Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries
Lee Brewster
Halloween
drag
Christopher Street Liberation Day
STAR
transvestites
LGBT Pride March
Gay Activists Alliance
Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries
cross-dressing
United States Constitution
Lesbian Feminist Liberation
drag queens
NYC Pride March
Sylvia Rivera
Vito Russo
Jean O'Leary

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