Marty Robinson was one of the most influential activists to emerge from the period immediately following the Stonewall uprising. Present on Christopher Street during the uprising, he helped transform a spontaneous rebellion into an organized movement and later became a leading figure in both the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA).

Zazu Nova was, in the language of the time, a “street queen.” A gender-nonconforming activist. Nova was participant in the Stonewall uprising whose name appears repeatedly in recollections of the rebellion and the liberation movement that followed. Although relatively little is known about her life, multiple witnesses remembered Nova as part of the community of young gender-nonconforming people who gathered around Christopher Street in the years leading up to Stonewall.

Jerry Hoose (1945–2015) was a Stonewall veteran, Gay Liberation Front activist, and longtime community organizer whose activism spanned nearly five decades. Present at the Stonewall uprising in 1969, he joined the newly formed Gay Liberation Front and became an important figure in the organization's social and fundraising efforts.

NOV 14, 1969: The first issue of the GLF newspaper includes: "To the Gay Liberation Front” by Ron Ballard and Bob Fontanella, "Stepin Fetchit Woman" by Martha Shelley, "BITCH: Summer’s Not Forever" by "butch drag" lesbian Marty Stephen, Village Voice Protest, and more.

JAN 10, 1970: This issue announced "Christopher Street Liberation Day, Saturday, June 29, 1970." Includes: "More Radical Than Thou" by Martha Shelley, “Cuba: The Sexual Revolution, a Beginning” photo essay by Ellen Bedoz, "Word Thoughts" by Jim Fouratt, "GLF News" by Lois Hart, and more.

APR-MAY 1970: This issue reported the violent death of Diego Viñales, in “Gays Protest Police Raid on Bar After Young Man is Impaled on Fence.” Other pieces include: “Right On!!" by Bob Kohler, and “The Young Lords Go to Church” by Martha Shelley, "Homosexuals In The Movement" by Pat Maxwell, and more.

JUNE-JULY 1970: This issue includes two manifestos: “Hey Man” by Steve Dansky, for men opposing sexism of all kinds, and “The Woman-Identified Woman” by Radicalesbians. Also: “The Transvestite in America” by Laura McAlister, a piece by Ellen Broidy on the Kent State massacre, and more.

SEPT-OCT 1970: This issue covers the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march with personal accounts and photos. It includes a statement from the newly formed Third World Gay Revolution in English and Spanish, updates on Black Panther Party organizing, and more

DEC 1970–JAN 1971: This issue includes: a list of Gay & Women’s periodicals and organizations; announcements from groups Gay Youth, Red Butterfly, GLF Women, Radicalesbians; an emerging Community Center in the West Village, and more.

Seven of the original members of the Gay Liberation Front recount their transformative experiences with one of the first major LGBTQ activist organizations, active from 1969 to 1972.

Susan Silverman was a lesbian feminist, social worker, and pioneering gay liberation activist whose work spanned more than five decades. She was an early member of GLF and was active in New York Radical Women, Gay Youth, the Lavender Menace, and Radicalesbians.

Artist who helped shaped the visual voice of early gay liberation.

Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries founded by Sylvia Rivera, Nova, and Marsha P. Johnson

GLF members John Knoebel, Charlotte Bunch, Allen Young and Michela Griffo shared their history with GLF on this 50th anniversary of Pride cruise.

Mark Segal happened to be at the Stonewall Inn the night of the famous raid. From that moment, the Gay Liberation Front was born.

Karla Jay was a founding member of GLF.

Martha Shelley reads from her book “We Set The Night On Fire” plus a panel discussion with GLF members at BGSQD in NYC, October 2023.

Civil rights organizer who helped connect gay liberation to the wider struggle for human freedom

In August 1970, one men’s CR group authored a manual for the process in its widely-circulated pamphlet.

Confronting homophobia at the National Organization of Women, by Martha Shelley.