"lavender menace" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1982 August 28, Scott Brookie, “Making Love, Not War”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 5",
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        "The presence of lesbians or lesbian activism in the feminist movement, seen as a threat to the movement at large."
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        "(often ironic) The presence of lesbians or lesbian activism in the feminist movement, seen as a threat to the movement at large."
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