One of the major similarities between liberation of women’s and gay/lesbian movements was the desire to change people’s mindsets. Women as well as gay people argued that the society was built on false preaching and people’s mindsets were being changed.
They claimed that from the very childhood boys and girls were taught to behave in a particular way and see things in a specific way. In the USA and Latin America, women and gay people saw that they were oppressed and they wanted to diminish that oppression.
Women and gay people saw their liberation as something revolutionary and positive for the development of the society. They argued that they tried to make the right choices and those choices would lead to a better and more progressive world.
As far as differences are concerned, the oppressed strata in the US and Latin America focused on rather different things. One of the central things for US women was the image of a good wife.
The US women claimed that an image of a young and posh girl was the creation of males, which insulted womanhood. They also tried to object and to make males share house chores.
The US women tried to claim that females as well as males had their right to devote their lives to something bigger than cleaning the house and bringing up children. At the same time, women in Latin America focused on their right to terminate pregnancy.
They claimed that preventing women from birth control was beneficial for white oppressors who could feel safe as black women were buried under their children upbringing.
Black women claimed that liberation meant their ability to make their choices and devote their lives to the struggle, rather than to bringing up lots of children.