Editing Gay Liberation Front (section)

== New Zealand ==
{{Further|LGBT in New Zealand}}

[[Women's liberation movement|Women's Liberation]] and [[Māori people|Māori]] activist [[Ngahuia Te Awekotuku]] initiated the foundation of the [[Auckland]] Gay Liberation Front in March 1972, alongside fellow [[University of Auckland]] students Nigel Baumber, Ray Waru, and others. In the following months Gay Liberation Fronts established in [[Wellington]], [[Christchurch]] and [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], with further groups founded in [[Rotorua]], [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]], [[Taranaki]], and other places between 1973 and 1977. Gay Liberation groups carried out numerous [[direct action]] protests, including [[Guerrilla theatre|guerilla theatre]] performances, [[Zap (action)|zaps]], disrupting meetings of anti-gay groups like the [[Society for the Promotion of Community Standards]], and [[Picketing|pickets]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brickell |first=Chris |title=Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand |publisher=Random House |year=2008 |isbn=9781869621346 |location=Auckland |pages=290–304}}</ref> Supporting the wellbeing of gays and helping them to come out was an early concern of the movement, leading to the formation of counselling services such as Gay-Aid in Wellington and Gays-An in Christchurch. A "Gay Week" was held from 29 May to 3 June 1972, featuring guerrilla theatre, a forum, dance, and teach-in.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Outlines: Lesbian & Gay Histories of Aotearoa |publisher=Lesbian & Gay Archives of New Zealand |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-473-10555-6 |editor-last=Laurie |editor-first=Alison J. |location=Wellington |editor-last2=Evans |editor-first2=Linda}}</ref>

Gay Liberation organizations were not always successful in these aims; sexism and transphobia in the movement also led to the establishment of separate lesbian-feminist and trans organizations, such as SHE - [[Sisters for Homophile Equality]] - founded in Christchurch in September 1973. Gay Liberation chapters also worked alongside groups such as Hedesthia, a social and political organization for transvestites and transsexuals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Will |date=2022-03-27 |title=A trans history of gay liberation in New Zealand |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/27-03-2022/a-trans-history-of-gay-liberation-in-new-zealand |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Spinoff}}</ref>