Houston
Gay Liberation Front
A Short-Lived Houston Gay Socialist Organization
(in mid 1971 the "Front" was dropped from the
name)

below,
from Gay Pride Guide 1980

They
were active enough in 1972 to send out surveys to Texas State
elected politicians asking their views on homosexuality. Founded in
1970, by 1972
they dropped the "Front" from their title to "avoid the
ultraleftism that went along
with the GLF activities and structure."
Highlights of these papers are courtesy of GCAM and have been consolidated
in
this PDF file
Also I found their statement of purpose,
from papers by David Thorstad
who would later form North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA).
The pages
referring to Houston are as follows.

Click for complete document




John
Burnside, David Thorstad, and Harry Hay
See June
1970 Chronicle article on Homosexual Civil Rights,
not Houston specific, but mentions GLF and GAA
The Nuntius
was the only Houston gay publication of the early 1970s,
and for a few months--February through April 1971--it gave considerable
coverage to the GLF.
February
1971


 
 

March
1971

April
1971

no mention
after this issue if they ever went to Cuba
June
1971
below,
unclear where in Texas these GLF members were from


Around
this time the group became known as Gay Liberation Houston
instead of the Gay Liberation Front, not sure of this evolution
November
1971


December
1971


these
ads were run through at least August 1972,
had stopped by October...so is this when it ended?

1973


Below,
unsure if the Austin Gay Liberation group was tied to the other groups
above

|