The Gay Liberation Front of New York inspired the formation of chapters across North America. Courtesy of the Lesbian Herstory Archives.

A flyer by GLF describing the origins of the word, “faggot,” and its connection to the punitive practice of burning homosexuals alive.

Documentary short film footage of the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march and gay-in, held by GLF in New York City on June 28, 1970 to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion.

By Mark Segal

SEPT. 1, 1970: Gives an eyewitness account of a NYC demonstration with landmark streets and locations, interactions with police, chants shouted, and more. NYU Weinstein hall demonstrations. Pamphlet’s mission.

SEPT 1970: This issue of the Gay Flames pamphlet includes an article titled “Gay is Good” by GLF member Martha Shelley, which is reprinted from Rat. It is numbered #1, but is considered an alternate to issue #1.

SEPT. 1970: This weekly pamphlet covers demonstrations to hold a gay dance at NYU’s Weinstein Hall. Also: a GLF Bail Fund, a letter from an incarcerated gay man, and penal laws on sodomy. Includes a calendar of gay NYC gatherings.

FALL 1970: This issue includes Carl Wittman’s “A Gay Manifesto,” with sections on: Orientation, Women, Roles, Oppression, Sex, Our Ghetto, Coalition. Plus a foldout photo poster for the GLF.

FALL 1970: This issue includes three poems. “The Flaming Faggots,” by a NYC gay male collective who were the first open homosexuals to participate in the Venceremos Brigade in Cuba in 1970. “Phoenix of New Youth,” by Bob Bland. “Bring the Beautiful Boys Home,” by Konstantin Berlandt.

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.

SPRING–SUMMER 1971: This issue includes an event calendar for “Gay Pride Week” June 18–27, 1971. It has a front and back cover – one gay, one lesbian. It includes many coming out stories, boycott and support of local businesses, a crossword puzzle, and more.

WINTER 1972‍: This issue is the last in the Come Out! series. It includes many thoughts on the gay movement, book reviews, and coverage of new community spaces such as Liberation House Collective and an emerging Gay Switchboard, and more.