The GAA member had snuck in, as GAA protestors outside were being barred entrance to the room. He was speaking at NYU, when the podium was stolen from him by a GAA member who read out a statement on the topic, requesting he finally reply to the complaints by gays. He had essentially been ignoring anti-gay harassment from police. What I found was this tactic, primarily used by the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and the GAA (Gay Activists Alliance) called 'zapping.' It was essentially just a method used to force politicians to take a stance on gay rights, and actually pay attention to gay issues.įor example, in 1970, the GAA zapped then-mayor John Lindsay of New York. So, I looked at the gay liberation movement (because of course that's where I looked.) This fact lead me to wonder how exactly it was that this has been overcome in the past. Politicians can essentially ignore us entirely. 'Our voices obviously aren't acknowledged as it stands. I look forward to what y'all have to say. I wanted to hear all of your thoughts on it, as I say in the post. This piece of text is from a post I made on Boychat under the name Lial on the topic of the protest tactic known as 'zapping.' It was popularized by queer activists, and I believe it could be used by us youthlovers. 'Zapping,' and tactics to force ourselves onto the scene

Speech zapper effect