LGBTQ
Young Communists take to the streets for Pride Month
July 1, 2021The party, with youth in the forefront, took to the streets of New York, participating in the annual Queer Liberation March.
Read moreBeing Black and gay in the USA: Interview with dancer Diego Mugler
June 29, 2021“I was afraid of being feminine. I just mastered this balancing act at 32 years of age. The things you may hide from some people are the same things that other people will celebrate and love,...
Read moreTaking Pride back from the corporations
June 25, 2021Pride has been hijacked by capitalism.
Read moreBefore Stonewall: Queer liberation’s Communist Party roots
June 24, 2021The groundbreaking role of Harry Hay and Mattachine in theorizing gay identity was first lost in the fog of anti-communism and again later under the pressures for queer people to assimilate to the standards and social...
Read moreThe ‘Icon’-ic roots of LGBTQ street culture
June 23, 2021Thanks to Jamil Icon and other members of the ballroom community, the world is finally getting to know the working-class Black and brown roots of contemporary LGBTQ culture.
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