Gay History, One Man's Memory

[marshlander]

Yes, I perfectly understand Fred's pragmatism, but my heart is with Dat and East on this. The dirty political game relies on hoping that people will realise that small changes in introducing equality will not usher in the end of the world and that we eventually get what we hope for by stealth. To some extent that is where we are in the UK. Some politicians, who would not have contemplated it in the past, are now talking about marriage equality. Tensions in the search for equality have been present throughout modern history and, for example, the conflicts between the Mattachine Society and the Gay Liberation Front come to mind.

I wonder if it is the simultaneous application of both kinds of pressure that get results?