Editing Gay Liberation Front (section)

== Canada ==
The first gay liberation groups identifying with the Gay Liberation Front movement in Canada were in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].  The ''Front de Libération Homosexuel'' (FLH) was formed in November 1970, in response to a call for organised activist groups in the city by the publication ''[[Mainmise]].''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Never going back : a history of queer activism in Canada|last = Warner|first = Tom|publisher = University of Toronto Press|year = 2002|isbn = 9780802084606|location = Toronto, Ontario|pages = 66–67}}</ref>''  ''Another factor in the group's formation was the response from police against gay establishments in the city after the [[War Measures Act|suspension of civil liberties]] by [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]] in the fall of 1970.<ref name=":0" /> This group was short-lived; they were disbanded after over forty members were charged for failure to procure a liquor license at one of the group's events in 1972.<ref name=":0" />

A [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] group calling itself the Vancouver Gay Liberation Front emerged in 1971, mostly out of meetings from a local commune, called Pink Cheeks.  The group gained support from ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', a left-leaning newspaper, and opened a drop-in centre and published a newsletter.<ref name=":0" />  The group struggled to maintain a core group of members, and competition from other local groups, such as the Canadian Gay Activists Alliance (CGAA) and the [[Gay Alliance Toward Equality]] (GATE), soon led to its demise.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rothon |first=Robert |date=October 22, 2008 |title=Vancouver's Gay Liberation Front |url=https://xtramagazine.com/power/vancouvers-gay-liberation-front-14389 |publisher=Daily Xtra}}</ref>