By the late 1970s, homosexual adults were starting to come out of the closet. This TIME cover story explored what direction the burgeoning gay rights movement would take, from the proliferation of homosexual organizations in major cities to gay leaders’ influence in the fashion, literature, and art worlds.
TIME Covers the Gay Rights Movement
Over the last five decades, these six cover stories chronicled both the milestones and the setbacks for homosexual men and women.
“How Gay Is Gay”
April 23, 1979