Gay Liberation Front Marches in New York The Stonewall riots energized a generation of young gay men and lesbians, whose ideas and tactics resembled those of other radical movements of the 1960s. Shortly after Stonewall, the Gay Liberation Front came to life, advertising itself as a “revolutionary group” demanding “complete sexual liberation for all people.” Here, in June 1970, members march down Christopher Street, the site of the Stonewall Inn.