Why did women and gays blur personal and public to be heard? What is the similarity between the homophile movement and the global campaign against violence and women? While there is little similarity in the homophile movement and the global campaign against violence against women, both groups initially referred to as minorities proved to arouse the global recognition of their existence. The campaign against violence against women motivated mothers, wives, and daughters throughout the world to express their problems. These courageous women stood up against the years of cruelty and violence at home and at the workplace. Women had to bring their personal life into the public to be heard. Gays and other people with untraditional sexual orientations blurred the personal and public as well. There is no need to mention that even today there are many people who oppose the whole idea that others may have sexual relationships with a person of the same gender. Nevertheless, lack of social support and overall negativity did not prevent gays from defending their political and social rights. Thus, the global campaign against violence against women and the homophile movement blurred the personal and public. For many decades most women were patiently accepting the aggressiveness of their husbands, boyfriends, and even fathers. Nevertheless, the global campaign against violence against women started only recently. Why did women wait so long to speak about their person in public? Was it a matter of shame to tell the stories of their suffering to the world? Was it a matter of lack of power to deliver the message to the global audience? Most likely both of these matters played their role in delaying the development of the global campaign to stop the violence against women. It cannot be denied that only 50 years ago women did not enjoy the same freedoms and rights men. Females throughout the world, even in the most developed democratic countries, could not boast of having the same social and political position as men did. As a result, they were silent and their personal family life with aggressive partners remained unspoken. A similar situation was common for the development of the homophile movement. Only in the early 1980s, gays started to speak about their rights and, more importantly, demand political recognition of their equality. Significant progress has been achieved in the last decade. Today gays can get married, adopt children, and are recognized as full members of society. Sexual orientation is a protected right and it cannot serve as a factor in employment-related decisions. Nevertheless, while politically gays and women are protected, the reality is not as colorful as the laws prescribe. Thousands of women become victims of domestic violence, as well as thousands of gays, who have to deal with prejudice and discrimination every day of their lives. Back in the 1960s, the legacy of left-wing movements was not recognized. Is the modern progress in both movements just a myth? Did anything change in the lives of gays and women? Probably the keyword for both movements is visibility. For many years of women’s silence, the global community was unaware of the scope of the problem. Undoubtedly, the number of women who had to deal with aggressiveness and violence at home or at the workplace was no greater than it is today. Nevertheless, the male-do