LGBT social movements  

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Inversions, the first French gay journal is published between 1924 and 1926, it stopped publication after the French government charged the publishers with "Outrage aux bonnes mœurs". Its full title was Inversions ... in art, literature, philosophy and science. Sexual inversion was a term used by sexologists in the late 19th and early 20th century, to refer to homosexuality.

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements is a political ideology and social movement that advocate for the full acceptance of LGBT people in society (Gayism). In these movements, LGBT people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for what is now generally called LGBT rights, sometimes also called gay rights or gay and lesbian rights. Although there is not a primary or an overarching central organization that represents all LGBT people and their interests, numerous LGBT rights organizations are active worldwide.

A commonly stated goal among these movements is social equality for LGBT people. Some have also focused on building LGBT communities or worked towards liberation for the broader society from biphobia, homophobia, and transphobia. LGBT movements organized today are made up of a wide range of political activism and cultural activity, including lobbying, street marches, social groups, media, art, and research.

See also

• Age of consent
• Civil rights
• Declaration of Montreal
• Gay culture
• Gay icon
• LGBT rights in Russia
• Heterosexism
• Homosexual agenda
• LGBT movements in the United States
• Lesbian separatism
• List of gay-rights organizations
• List of social movements
• Minority rights
• Pro-gay slogans and symbols
• Special rights
• Spirit Day
• Social stigma (Historic stigmatization of GLBT community and lifestyle)