Leadership
The leaders of the movement have been many, but could either be classified as too many to name or few large enough to bestow a title that overshadows the others. While today there are known CEOs and presidents of LGBT organizations, they are simply not as iconic as the popular advocates and activists. Additionally, the movement has largely tapped into other non-gay civil rights resources finding similar gain in their successes. Suffice it to say, the LGBT movement is not without leadership, but garners much of it's power from pop-culture and media (good or bad). Within the Gay Rights community, I think it can truly be said that the success of the movement is in the hands of the members as a collective voice and does not lie in the biography of one hero or heroine.
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