ABSTRACT
The LGBT movement is made to be exemplar of a globalizing gay community and political identity struggling for equality'. The LGBT social movement operated in an environment in which sexual minorities faced increasing levels of police harassment and social prejudice. During April and May 1976, the police's drug squad raided the homes of up to thirty leading gay activists involved in the campaign for homosexual law reform. The liberal consociational Agreement (1998) specified some provisions to protect the rights of individuals and groups outside the ethno national framework, including sexual minorities. The act of making sexual orientation an equal protection category fostered a number of openings for LGBT activists to pursue a number of legal advocacy campaigns that were not available in the past. LGBT groups such as Gay Liberation Society (GLS) and Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association (NIGRA) were nonsectarian and served all members regardless of ethno national identity.
