How does a social movement develop among a segment of the American population labeled deviant and criminal? How does such a movement attempt to change the laws, procedures, attitudes and practices of a western "liberal" nation so that the deviants are no longer handled by the agents of the state but are regarded as legitimate, tolerated citizens who simply have a different life style? This paper explores these questions through an analysis of the gay liberation movement as it developed in the United States after 1950.
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Social Equity