Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
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The Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club is a San Francisco-based association and political action committee
for lesbian
, gay
, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT
) Democrats
. Founded in 1971 by activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
, Alice was the first organization for gay Democrats in the United States
. It is named after feminist
writer
Alice B. Toklas
.
The club consistently takes more conservative political stances than its chief rival, the Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club
.
Political action committee
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for lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
, gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, bisexual, and transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
(LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
) Democrats
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
. Founded in 1971 by activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
Dorothy Louise Taliaferro "Del" Martin and Phyllis Ann Lyon were an American lesbian couple known as feminist and gay-rights activists...
, Alice was the first organization for gay Democrats in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is named after feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
writer
Writer
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Alice B. Toklas
Alice B. Toklas
Alice B. Toklas was an American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century.-Early life, relationship with Gertrude Stein:...
.
The club consistently takes more conservative political stances than its chief rival, the Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club
Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club
Based in San Francisco, California, the Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club is a chapter of the Stonewall Democrats, named after LGBT politician and activist Harvey Milk. Believing that the existing Alice B...
.