Queens Liberation Front

**Queens Liberation Front** (QLF) wata ƙungiya ce ta homophile wadda ta fi mayar da hankali kan kare haƙƙin masu sa kayan jinsi na daban (transvestites) da kuma drag queens a birnin New York. An kafa QLF a shekarar 1969, kuma ta kasance mai aiki a shekarun 1970s. Tun daga shekarar 1971, sun fara wallafa mujallar Drag Queens: A Magazine About the Transvestite. Queens Liberation Front ta yi haɗin gwiwa da wasu ƙungiyoyin fafutukar haƙƙin LGBTQ da dama, ciki har da Gay Activists Alliance da Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. 

## Kafawa
An kafa Queens Liberation Front a matsayin **Queens** ta hannun **Lee Brewster** a shekarar 1969.: 83  A bikin *ball* na farko da ya shirya a watan Fabrairu 1969, Brewster ya bayyana shirinsa na kafa ƙungiyar, inda aka zaɓi ranar **31 ga Oktoba, 1969** (ranar *Halloween*, wadda take da matuƙar farin jini a cikin al’ummar *drag*) a matsayin ranar kafuwar ƙungiyar a hukumance.

An kafa kungiyar ne a wani bangare don adawa da raguwar drag queens zuwa bayan Maris a ranar farko ta Christopher Street Liberation Day a watan Yunin 1970. A cikin zanga-zangar, sarauniyar tituna daga STAR sun koma gaba kuma sun yi tafiya a gaban fareti ko ta yaya.

## Ayyuka
Queens Liberation Front ta shiga cikin ayyuka da yawa don ba da shawara ga haƙƙin mutanen LGBT, musamman ma masu canza tufafi. Har ila yau, kungiyar ta shiga cikin abubuwan LGBT kamar LGBT Pride March.  :  Mambobin wani lokacin suna sa tufafi yayin da suke neman 'yan majalisa na jihar New York. 

Kungiyar sau da yawa tana aiki tare da wasu kungiyoyin LGBT na gida, kamar su Gay Activists Alliance da Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. 

A farkon shekarun 1970s, kungiyoyin sun yi nasarar amfani da shari'a don soke dokar Birnin New York game da giciye. : 87 

A cikin 1973, Queens Liberation Front ta amince da gyare-gyare na sulhu ga dokar hana nuna bambanci ta Birnin New York wanda ya kara da jima'i ga dokar, amma ya bayyana dokar ba ta rufe giciye ba. Darakta na kungiyar, Bebe Scarpie, ya sadu da mai tallafawa lissafin a City Hall kuma ya amince da sulhu. Lauyan kungiyar, Richard Levidow, ya yi imanin cewa sashi na warewa ya saba wa Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Amurka kuma saboda haka ba za a iya aiwatar da shi ba.

Lesbian Feminist Liberation ta yi tsayayya da wasan kwaikwayon da drag queens suka yi a 1973 NYC Pride March a Birnin New York. Yayin da suka wuce takardu, Sylvia Rivera, na Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, ta ɗauki makirufo daga Vito Russo kuma ta yi magana game da wannan ra'ayi, ta ba da jawabi game da ciyar da lokaci a kurkuku, kuma maza masu madaidaiciya waɗanda ke cinyewa da dukan membobin al'ummar gay sun tsananta musu da kuma bugawa. Rivera ta ƙare ta hanyar jagorantar waka don "Gay Power!"  Jean O'Leary na Lesbian Feminist Liberation sannan ya karanta wata sanarwa a madadin mata 100 waɗanda suka karanta, a wani bangare, "Muna goyon bayan haƙƙin kowane mutum ya yi ado kamar yadda yake so. Amma muna adawa da cin zarafin mata ta maza don nishaɗi ko riba.  Lee Brewster na Queens Liberation Front ya amsa don tallafawa drag da drag queen a cikin al'umma. An la'anta Brewster da ƙarfi lokacin da ya kira lesbians suna magana da zagi ga mata - "b***hes." Jama'ar da ke ƙara fushi sun kwantar da hankali ne kawai lokacin da Bette Midler, wanda ya ji a rediyo a cikin gidan Greenwich Village, ya zo, ya ɗauki makirufo, kuma ya fara raira "Abokai". Wannan yana daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka faru da yawa a farkon shekarun 1970 inda 'yan mata mata mata, maza masu luwadi, da kuma drag queens a wasu lokuta sun sami kansu cikin rikici; yayin da wasu abubuwan da suka gabata, kamar wadanda kungiyar mata ta GLF ke jagoranta, galibi suna da jituwa tsakanin waɗannan ƙungiyoyin rikici. 

## Duba kuma
Portal LGBTQ New York City
* Gay Activists Alliance
* History of lesbianism in the United States
* LGBT culture in New York City
* List of LGBT people from New York City
* NYC Pride March
* Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries

## Manazarta