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'''Gay liberation''' is largely a [[Marxist]] and [[Western civilization|Western]] movement to legitimize [[homosexual rights]]. Its premise is that [[LGBT]] people are entitled to the same rights as heterosexuals, much as blacks are entitled to the same as whites and women the same as men.

'''Gay liberation''' is largely a [[Marxist]] and [[Western civilization|Western]] movement to legitimize [[homosexual rights]]. Its premise is that [[LGBT]] people are entitled to the same rights as heterosexuals, much as blacks are entitled to the same as whites and women the same as men.

The gay liberation movement, originally designed to "liberate" gays from oppression and discrimination by [[heterosexual]]s, quickly devolved into controversy when [[bisexual]]s sought to be included. Additionally, gay libbers were charged with [[sexism]] because it excluded [[lesbian]]s.  Some debate erupted if lesbians were in fact gay, and it was eventually decided to allow females to retain their own [[identity politics|identity]] as lesbians, although many women consider themselves gay. Then, the alleged most "oppressed" group of all, [[transsexual]]s, also sought inclusion. Over many years and decades the issues were incrementally resolved by establishing, first, the Lesbian-Gay alliance, with the traditional patriarchal cultural deference afforded to the female of the species (over the protests of some [[feminist]]s) by putting "lesbian" before "gay, to which some nominal heterosexuals were then included into the Lesbian-Gay-Bi (LGB) [[coalition]], and eventually, because of charges of [[bigotry]] within the movement, transexuals were also included into the modern [[LGBT]] movement.  As the [[transgender]]ism movement arose, the terms transexual and transgender where initially used interchangeably to allow persons whose sexual identity was defined with a diagnosis of a psychological disorder into the movement.  However the debate over the difference between transsexuals and transgenders is far from over.  Simply stated, a person who has "fully transitioned" from one sex to another under a doctors care can be considered cured of their original diagnosis, whereas many transgenders chose to only partially transition and remain in that state.  Medical science has not yet determined if the patient retains their original underlying medical affliction which caused the patient to seek medical and psychiatric treatment.

The gay liberation movement, originally designed to "liberate" gays from oppression and discrimination by [[heterosexual]]s, quickly devolved into controversy when [[bisexual]]s sought to be included. Additionally, gay libbers were charged with [[sexism]] because it excluded [[lesbian]]s.  Some debate erupted if lesbians were in fact gay, and it was eventually decided to allow females to retain their own [[identity politics|identity]] as lesbians, although many women consider themselves gay. Then, the alleged most "oppressed" group of all, [[transsexual]]s, also sought inclusion. Over many years and decades the issues were incrementally resolved by establishing, first, the Lesbian-Gay alliance, with the traditional patriarchal cultural deference afforded to the female of the species (over the protests of some [[feminist]]s) by putting "lesbian" before "gay, to which some nominal heterosexuals were then included into the Lesbian-Gay-Bi (LGB) [[coalition]], and eventually, because of charges of [[bigotry]] within the movement, transexuals were also included into the modern [[LGBT]] movement.  As the [[transgender]]ism movement arose, the terms transexual and transgender where initially used interchangeably to allow persons whose sexual identity was defined with a diagnosis of a psychological disorder into the movement.  However the debate over the difference between transsexuals and transgenders is far from over.  Simply stated, a person who has "fully transitioned" from one sex to another under a doctors care can be considered cured of their original diagnosis, whereas many transgenders chose to only partially transition and remain in that state.  Medical science has not yet determined if the patient retains their original underlying medical affliction which caused the patient to seek medical and psychiatric treatment.  Many so-called and alleged "transgenders" never seek medical help.

With the establishment of the Lesbian-Gay alliance, the underlying psychological disturbances of [[misandry]] and [[misogyny]], which is the basis and continuing affliction among many within the combined [[homosexual]] community, remained largely unaddressed.

With the establishment of the Lesbian-Gay alliance, the underlying psychological disturbances of [[misandry]] and [[misogyny]], which is the basis and continuing affliction among many within the combined [[homosexual]] community, remained largely unaddressed.