Protest sign used by the organization in the late 1960s, now in the Smithsonian Institution
Formation
1968
Dissolved
1973
Headquarters
1321 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Co-founder
Ada Bello
Co-founder
Carole Friedman
The Homophile Action League (HAL) was established in 1968 in Philadelphia as part of the Homophile movement in the United States.[1][2][3] The organization advocated for the rights of the LGBT community and served as a predecessor to the Gay Liberation Front.[4][5][6][7]
^Hall, Simon (2008). "Protest Movements in the 1970s: The Long 1960s". Journal of Contemporary History. 43 (4): 655–672. doi:10.1177/0022009408095421. ISSN 0022-0094. JSTOR 40543228. S2CID 162919237.
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^"Ada Bello". If They Should Ask. Archived from the original on 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
^Stein, Marc Robert (1994). The city of sisterly and brotherly loves: The making of lesbian and gay movements in greater Philadelphia, 1948-1972 (Thesis). ProQuest 304122700.
^Porter II, Juan (May 29, 2020). "You Should Know This Gay Asian-American Civil Rights, Anti-War, and HIV/AIDS Activist". TheBody. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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