 The new organization was created only two years after the Stonewall Riots in New York City, an event that galvanized activists in Argentina.In the five years it existed, FLH aligned itself with feminists, Marxists, and other left-winged groups and was more openly politically active than its predecessors.Although its political goals were similar to those of Western organizations—of which were models for LGBT activism—its methods differed from those in the West.