Stephen Gaskin: Stephen gained famed for his Monday night classes at San Francisco State where he talked about hippy values. When he took to the road his students followed and soon there was a caravan of wandering gypsies, 400 people… Continue reading →

Gay Liberation Movement: An outgrowth of the Sexual Liberation movement that started when NYC police raided a Greenwich Village gay bar in 1968. In the resulting riot 2000 demonstrators battled 400 police with many injuries.

Generation Gap: Term highlighting the differences in perspective between hippies and their parents.

Get High: To turn on. To do a drug. To alter your consciousness in a pleasant way. “I got high just listening to Joni sing!”

Get into it!: Dig it! Go for it! Do it with your whole being.

Get it together!: Also: Get your shit together. Shape up!

Get Laid: Have sex.

Get Real!: Stop dreaming! “Get real man, nobody’s gonna get high smokin’ banana peels!”

Getting Off: When a drug takes effect and you start to get high. Also means to enjoy something. “I get off on Jerry’s licks.”

Gig: A concert or a job. Something to do.