Gay Activists Alliance

An kafa kungiyar Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) a Birnin New York a ranar 21 ga Disamba, 1969, kusan watanni shida bayan Rikicin Stonewall, ta mambobin masu adawa da Gay Liberation Front (GLF).  Ya bambanta da Liberation Front, kungiyar Activists Alliance kawai kuma musamman ta yi aiki ga 'yancin gay da' yan mata, ta bayyana kanta a matsayin tsaka-tsaki a siyasa kuma tana so ta yi aiki a cikin tsarin siyasa.

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Ƙungiyar ta samu rijista ne ta hannun Hal Weiner, Esq., na Coles & Weiner, wata ƙananan kamfani mai mutum biyu, bayan Weiner ya kare Sylvia Rivera a gaban kotun laifi inda aka kama ta a Times Square yayin da take tattara sa hannun mutane a kan wata buƙata don shirin farko na doka game da LGBTQ a Majalisar Birnin New York, Intro 475, kuma an tuhume ta da neman yin jima’i, maimakon amfani da haƙƙin ɗan ƙasa na gabatar da buƙata. Ofishin Rijistar Kamfanoni da Bayanan Jiha na New York ya ƙi ba da takardar rijistar kamfanin saboda sunan ba ya dace da kamfani a New York saboda ma’anar da kalmar “gay” ke da ita, kuma an kafa kamfanin ne don karya dokokin sodomi na New York. Sun ɗauki shekaru biyar kafin a samu damar rijistar kamfanin da wannan suna.

Mambobin da suka kafa, maza bakwai da mace daya, na Gay Activists Alliance sun kasance mambobin Gay Liberation Front marasa gamsuwa. Wasu daga cikin mambobin da suka kafa sun hada da Fred Orlansky, Arthur Bell, Arthur Evans, Marty Robinson, Tom Doerr, Peter Marleau, Kay Tobin Lahusen, da Fred Cabellero .  Mambobin kungiyar sun so su samar da "mataki guda ɗaya, tsaka-tsaki na siyasa [ƙungiya]", wanda burinsa zai kasance "tsaron haƙƙin ɗan adam na asali, mutunci da 'yanci ga dukan masu luwadi". Tsakanin siyasa da jigon guda ɗaya sun bambanta da Gay Liberation Front, wanda ya haɗa kai da Jam'iyyar Black Panther mai tsattsauran ra'ayi, ya soki Yakin Vietnam kuma yana da tsattsa ra'ayi na hagu, mai adawa da jari-hujja. GAA ta fi aiki daga 1970 zuwa 1974.

A wata ɗan tsegumi a watan Maris 1970, GAA ta shirya zanga-zanga kan farmakin ‘yan sanda a mashaya Snake Pit a Greenwich Village da raunin da Diego Viñales ya ji sakamakon rikicin. Waɗannan zanga-zangan sun taimaka wajen haifar da sha’awa ga abubuwan da aka riga aka shirya na Ranar ‘Yancin Christopher Street a ranar 28 ga Yuni. Wannan taron, wanda aka tsara don tunawa da cika shekara guda tun bayan rikicin Stonewall, shine bikin zagayowar Pride na farko a Amurka.

A cikin 1973 mambobi uku na GAA, Tom Wilson Weinberg, Dan Sherbo da Bern Boyle, sun buɗe kantin sayar da littattafai na gay Giovanni's Room a 232 South Street. An sanya masa suna ne bayan littafin gay na James Baldwin Giovanni's Room . An rufe shagon ba da daɗewa ba saboda mai gida mai tsattsauran ra'ayi. Shagon ya canza hannun ga mai fafutukar 'yan mata Pat Hill a 1974 sannan kuma ga Ed Hermance da Arleen Oshan a 1976.  Hermance da Olshan sun fara motsa shagon zuwa 1426 Spruce Street sannan zuwa wurinsa na ƙarshe a kan 12th da Pine a cikin 1979. An kira shi "cibiyar gay Philly". Philly AIDS Thrift ta karɓi shagon bayan mai shi ya yi ritaya a cikin 2014 don haka yanzu ana kiran shagon Philly AIDS thrift a Giovanni's Room, wanda aka fi sani da PAT @ Giovanni's room.

GAA ta buga jaridar Gay Activist har zuwa 1980. GAA ta fara haduwa a Cocin Manzanni Masu Tsarki (9th Ave. & 28th St.). Hedikwatarsu ta gaba a Birnin New York, Firehouse a 99 Wooster Street a Soho, an mamaye ta a watan Mayu 1971 kuma masu ƙonewa sun ƙone ta a ranar 15 ga Oktoba, 1974.  "A shekara ta 1980 GAA ta fara sauti kamar Gay Liberation Front a shekarar 1969. Bayan masu fafutuka sun hadu don rushe Alliance a hukumance shekara guda bayan haka..."

Membobin GAA sun yi zaps (wanda Marty Robinson ya fara ɗauka), zanga-zangar jama'a da aka tsara don kunyatar da mutum ko shahararren jama'a yayin da suke kira ga masu luwadi da masu tsattsauran ra'ayi ga batutuwan haƙƙin LGBT. Wasu daga cikin ayyukan da suka fi ganuwa sun haɗa da zanga-zangar adawa da luwadi a kan shahararren jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na Marcus Welby, MD, da yawa zaps na Magajin John Lindsay a Gidan Tarihi na Metropolitan kuma daga baya a Gidan Kiɗa na Rediyo na Rediyon Rediyo Rediyo, zap a Ofishin Lasisin Aure yana neman haƙƙin aure ga masu luwadi, zap a kan Fidelifacts, wanda ya ba da bayanai masu adawa da gay ga masu aiki, zap a NYC Taxi suka kama su 'yan jarida da su' yan jarida suna neman za su, wanda suka yi amfani da su. Kodayake, GAA ba ta da tashin hankali, zaps na iya haɗawa da rikice-rikice na jiki da lalata. Wanda ya kafa GAA Morty Manford ya shiga rikici tare da tsaro da gudanarwa yayin nasarar da ya samu na kafa kungiyar dalibai Gay People a Jami'ar Columbia a shekarar 1971, da kuma sanannen zanga-zangar adawa da homophobia a taron Inner Circle a shekarar 1972.  GAA tana da alaƙa da jerin hare-hare na gwagwarmaya da 'yan siyasa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da masu gwagwarmayar luwadi a Lokaci rani na shekara ta 1977. Kodayake mujallar Time ta yi musu ba'a a matsayin "Gay goons", ayyukan sun yi nasarar kiyaye masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na ƙarshen shekarun 1970 daga jihar New York.

Gidan wuta na GAA a kan Wooster Street ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin cibiyar al'umma kuma yana da shahararrun raye-raye waɗanda suka taimaka wajen tallafawa kungiyar. An yi wa matakala ado da mural ɗin agitprop na photomontage wanda ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na Burtaniya Mario Dubsky (1939-85) da kuma mai zane na Amurka John Button (1929-82) suka kirkira, dukansu biyu sun kasance farkon wadanda ke fama da Cutar kanjamau. An lalata Mural a cikin gobarar da ta lalata cibiyar a shekara ta 1974. Alamar Gay Activists Alliance ita ce ƙananan harafin Girkanci lambda (λ).
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