Many of the individuals that founded GLF-DC helped fight for civil rights and peace in the 1960s, but found their sexuality at odds with the radical left of 1970.<\/p>\n
As Michael Ferri, a founding member of Washington DC's Gay Liberation Front recalls: \u201cWe wanted to establish that we were part of the people\u2019s movement, that we were oppressed people, too.<\/em>\u201d [interview with Rainbow History, 02\/05\/06]<\/p>\n What started as a letter to the editor of an underground paper grew into two collective houses that worked with other justice-seeking groups, including the Black Panthers and the Gay Activists Alliance, while protecting and celebrating gay sexual identity.<\/p>","credits":"Rainbow History Project, Philip Clark, Brian Miller, and Steven Behrens","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"glf","added":"2018-08-26 22:55:08","modified":"2023-10-20 19:51:16","owner_id":1,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":5},"item":{"item_type_id":6,"collection_id":12,"featured":1,"public":1,"added":"2018-08-26 21:58:16","modified":"2026-03-08 08:21:05","owner_id":1,"id":305}}