Protesting
This gem of our cultural heritage surely needs no introduction, due in no small part to our ongoing need to fight for our rights. Protesting is a necessity; the creativity with which it is done, however, is tradition.
kiss-in
Kiss-ins are usually held to protest blatant homophobia, particularly from governments and institutions. Most recently, Voices 4 and RUSA LGBT staged a kiss-in to protest violence enacted by Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Azerbaijan against their LGBT+ populations.
die-in
Die-ins are used to protest policies that very literally contribute to the deaths of many people. In LGBT+ history, die-ins are heavily associated with the AIDS crisis.
Marching
Sometimes you just gotta march. It's probably the most common form of protest, and often the most effective - after all, what is Pride? One big protest.
Art
Art is emotive, provocative, and unavoidable, making it the perfect medium for protest. This was common during the AIDS crisis, but given the creativity of the LGBT+ community, art as political statement is firmly a part of our culture.
Sip-in
If you ever wondered why we have bars that we specifically designate as “gay bars”, it’s not just because regular bars have historically been unsafe for the LGBT+ community'; in the U.S., ‘homosexuals’ were informally barred from being served alcohol on the grounds that we were, by nature, ‘disorderly’. In 1966, the Mattachine Society, led by Dick Leitsch, held a ‘sip-in’ at Julius’ in NYC. The resulting lawsuit clarified that the LGBT+ community should be allowed to be served in bars, and the Mattachine Society continued to work towards ending police raids right up until the Stonewall Riots, which became, of course, the monumental revolution against those raids.