{"id":50732,"date":"2017-02-28T16:25:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T21:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-stunning-1971-life-magazine-feature-on-gay-liberation-that-inspired-when-we-rise\/"},"modified":"2017-02-28T16:25:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T21:25:40","slug":"the-stunning-1971-life-magazine-feature-on-gay-liberation-that-inspired-when-we-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-stunning-1971-life-magazine-feature-on-gay-liberation-that-inspired-when-we-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"The stunning 1971 \u2018Life Magazine\u2019 feature on gay liberation that inspired \u2018When We Rise\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The stunning 1971 \u2018Life Magazine\u2019 feature on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> liberation that inspired \u2018When We Rise\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>When We Rise, <\/em>the long-awaited TV miniseries about the battle for LGBTQ rights,\u00a0premiered its first two hours last night to mostly positive reviews. The show isn\u2019t subtle, and the direct, in-your-face approach does the subject justice. For the real life heroes\u00a0who shed sweat and blood in\u00a0the struggles for LGBTQ rights, for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>\u2019s rights, and for civil rights, the stakes were often as dramatic as life and death, freedom and oppression, dignity and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Since the show starts with so many seemingly disconnected stories (we suspect that won\u2019t be the case as the narrative progresses), a clever storytelling thread is used to anchor everyone in time and place. Multiple characters are seen holding or reading the 1971\u00a0\u201cYear in Pictures\u201d edition of the now-shuttered\u00a0<em>Life Magazine<\/em>, a sub-brand of\u00a0<em>Time Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The real-life issue included a groundbreaking photo spread titled \u201cHomosexuals in Revolt,\u201d and included the words \u201cGay Liberation\u201d on the magazine\u2019s cover. In the table of contents, the feature\u00a0is described as \u201cA major essay on America\u2019s newest militants, the activists of \u2018<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> liberation.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a shot of the cover from the show:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-9.34.38-AM-670x375.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-9.34.38-AM-670x375.png 670w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-9.34.38-AM-400x224.png 400w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-9.34.38-AM.png 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the full cover (a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/LIFE-magazine-December-31-1971-YEAR-IN-PICTURES-Double-Issue-NEAR-MINT-\/162413267240?hash=item25d095c928:g:Q8UAAOSwx6pYtZn9\" target=\"_blank\">near-mint copy can be yours on E-Bay<\/a> for the near-reasonable price of $69):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/cv123171_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\"><\/p>\n<p>In episode one of the series, we also get glimpses of content from the\u00a0feature:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-11.46.42-AM-670x374.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-11.46.42-AM-670x374.png 670w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-11.46.42-AM-400x224.png 400w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-11.46.42-AM.png 970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-11.47.10-AM-670x376.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-11.47.10-AM-670x376.png 670w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-11.47.10-AM-400x224.png 400w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-28-at-11.47.10-AM.png 927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a closer look at some of the now-iconic imagery from this issue, together with the captions as they were printed in 1971, courtesy of\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3507166\/silent-no-more-early-days-in-the-fight-for-gay-rights\/\">Time Magazine<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Candle_light_parade_stonewall-670x430.png\" width=\"670\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Candle_light_parade_stonewall-670x430.png 670w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Candle_light_parade_stonewall-400x257.png 400w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Candle_light_parade_stonewall-105x68.png 105w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/Candle_light_parade_stonewall.png 1353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><figcaption>In commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village, militants this year designated the last week in June as Gay Liberation Week and celebrated with a candlelight parade. The parade involved 300 male and female homosexuals, who marched without incident two miles from Gay Activists headquarters to a park near City Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/early_protest-670x439.png\" width=\"670\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/early_protest-670x439.png 670w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/early_protest-400x262.png 400w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/early_protest-105x68.png 105w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/early_protest.png 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><figcaption>When a bill guaranteeing equal job opportunities for homosexuals stalled in New York City Council las spring, militants demonstrated at City Hall. With fists raised, they shout a football style \u201cGay Power\u201d cheer at police blocking the building.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_protest_1971-443x670.png\" width=\"443\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_protest_1971-443x670.png 443w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_protest_1971-400x605.png 400w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_protest_1971.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\"><figcaption>Gay rights protest, 1971.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_pride_1971-670x441.png\" width=\"670\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_pride_1971-670x441.png 670w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_pride_1971-400x263.png 400w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_pride_1971-105x68.png 105w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_pride_1971.png 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><figcaption>Gay Pride, 1971<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_event_1971-670x442.png\" width=\"670\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_event_1971-670x442.png 670w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_event_1971-400x264.png 400w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_event_1971-105x68.png 105w, https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/02\/gay_rights_event_1971.png 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><figcaption>Gay rights event, 1971<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can find more of the images <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3507166\/silent-no-more-early-days-in-the-fight-for-gay-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a sample of the copy in the feature:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It was the most shocking and, to most Americans, the most surprising liberation movement yet. Under the slogan \u201cOut of the closets and into the streets,\u201d thousands of homosexuals, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">female<\/a>, were proudly confessing what they had long hidden. They were, moreover, moving into direct confrontation with conventional society. Their battle was far from won. But in 1971 militant homosexuals showed they they were prepared to fight it\u2026They resent what they consider to be savage discrimination against them on the basis of a preference which they did not choose and which they cannot \u2014 and do not want to \u2014 change. And while mist will admit that \u201cstraight\u201d society\u2019s attitudes have caused them unhappiness, they respond to the charge that all homosexuals are guilt-ridden and miserable with the defiant rallying cry \u201cGay is Good!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As you can imagine,\u00a0many\u00a0<em>Life<\/em> readers in 1971 were appalled by the coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two reader-submitted responses that were printed in the 1972 edition of the magazine:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>From Telford, Penn. \u2014 There was plenty to lament in your year-end issue, but the thing that struck me as most sad was the fact that LIFE felt compelled to devote 11 pages to \u201cHomosexuals in Revolt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From Chicago \u2014 Essentially, it is absurd to accept as a mere \u201cvariant lifestyle\u201d a practice which, if universal, would mean the end of the human race.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We owe it to those who fought, and to ourselves, to keep this not-so-distant past fresh in our minds as we take the fight for equality and justice into the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p><em>When We Rise<\/em> continues to air on ABC this week.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=dudLqMAsxBA:Xb1V2ca5Klw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=dudLqMAsxBA:Xb1V2ca5Klw:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/closer-look-breathtaking-gay-liberation-photos-featured-rise-20170228?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/closer-look-breathtaking-gay-liberation-photos-featured-rise-20170228?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stunning 1971 \u2018Life Magazine\u2019 feature on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> liberation that inspired \u2018When We Rise\u2019 When We Rise, the long-awaited TV miniseries about the battle for LGBTQ rights,\u00a0premiered its first two hours last night to mostly positive reviews. 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