Some gay men refer to themselves as " friends of Dorothy ".

Some organizations cater exclusively to homosexual Christians who do not want to have gay sex, or attraction ; the goals of these organizations vary.

Some Christian groups focus on simply refraining from gay sex, such as Courage International and North Star.

Some historians consider that a new era of the gay rights movement began in the 1980s with the emergence of AIDS, which decimated the leadership and shifted the focus for many.

Some younger activists, seeing " gay and lesbian " as increasingly normative and politically conservative, began using queer as a defiant statement of all sexual minorities and gender variant people — just as the earlier liberationists had done with gay.

Some have expressed surprise that Heinz has responded to what they view as a small number of complainants, relative to the United Kingdom's 3. 6 million gay and lesbian consumers.

Some Muslim majority countries have held public gay events, as in Turkey or Azerbaijan.

Some gay rights activists defend outing as a tactic.

Some sources describe ex-gay ministries as a form of conversion therapy, while others state that ex-gay organizations and conversion therapy are distinct methods of attempting to convert gay people to heterosexuality.

Some scholars maintain that the definition of the Holocaust should also include the Nazis ' systematic murder of millions of people in other groups, including ethnic Poles, the Romani, Soviet civilians, Soviet prisoners of war, people with disabilities, gay men, and political and religious opponents.

Beesley said, " Some of the stuff written about him is enough to make me mad, the rumours about him being gay, for example.

Some persecuted under these laws would not have identified themselves as gay.

Some gay men who resisted the SS had their fingernails pulled out.

Some Jews include an orange on the seder plate, representing fruitfulness when all marginalized peoples are included, particularly women and gay people.

Some critics argued that Foglar's novels are crammed with covered homosexual desire and that the author himself was gay.

Some of the competitive take-over has to do with gay studies.

Some cities have taken it upon themselves to create gay villages to capitalize on gay dollars.

Some gay villages are not neighborhoods at all, but instead are entirely separate municipalities from the city for which they serve as the primary gay enclave, e. g., West Hollywood in the Los Angeles area, and Wilton Manors in the Miami / Fort Lauderdale area.

Some cities have a very well-defined gay village in the heart of a larger area that also has a significant gay population.

Some areas are often associated with being " gay " cities or resorts, due to their image and acceptance of the gay community.

Some activists try to persuade people to change their behavior directly, rather than to persuade governments to change or not to change laws.

Some activists, notably David Graeber, see the movement as opposed instead to neoliberalism or " corporate globalization ".

Some communist activists managed to activate a guerrilla movement headed by the underground Bulgarian Communist Party.

Some of the most prominent civil-rights activists were multiracial, and advocated equality for all.

Some black activists were also offended, claiming Clinton used his knowledge of black culture to exploit black people like no other president before for political gain, while not serving black interests.

Some bicycle activists ( including some traffic management advisers ) seek the construction of segregated cycle facilities for journeys of all lengths.

Some were also trade union and grassroots activists.

Some vegans and animal rights activists boycott the use of all items made from leather, believing the practice of wearing animal hides to be unnecessary and cruel in today's society.

Some activists have, however, opposed the project in the past, claiming it may have negative effects on waterside villagers.

Some activists, such as U. S. Congressman Barney Frank argue that outing is appropriate and legitimate in some cases — for example, if the individual is actively working against LGBT rights.

Some of these agents included exiled communists and Socialist party members, labor activists, anti-Nazi prisoners-of-war, and German and Jewish refugees.

Some activists consider that the Indian caste system is a form of racial discrimination.

Some activists within the New Left and the social justice movements compared America's prison system to concentration camps designed to oppress African Americans.

Some individual attacks on activists have occurred.

Some anti-vaccine activists protest against the administration of a vaccine against mumps, claiming that the attenuated vaccine strain is harmful, and / or that the wild disease is beneficial.

Some minor political parties have formed as vehicles for Christian Right activists:

Some of the founders of the WSF, were part of the First International Encuentro for Humanity and Against Neoliberalism in 1996, and decided to expand the idea and make it a global forum for activists of all stripes opposing hegemonic globalization and neoliberalism.

Some activities by activists attending the WSF have also been criticised, such as at the WSF 2001, where activists invaded and destroyed an experimental genetically modified plantation of the Monsanto Company.

Some activists and scholars claim that along with globalization a new type of political movement emerges that is not merely international or single-issue focused, but is characterized with global approach.

Some networks cater to specific niche markets such as students, activists, religious pilgrims, and even occupational groups like police officers.

Some diplomatic analysts linked what they saw as Hu's brutal use of force to the suppression of activists and students at in Tiananmen Square, which took place a mere three months later.