LGBTQ
Taking Pride back from the corporations
June 25, 2021Pride has been hijacked by capitalism.
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Before 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...
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The ‘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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New ‘Dictionary of the Queer International’ informs, inspires, confounds, puzzles, delights
June 21, 2021The 'Dictionary of the Queer International' is a big open tent where people from every corner of the globe can assemble, mingle, and revel in each other’s myriad ways of self-expression.
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Working-class Black and brown trans ballroom scene birthed contemporary gay culture
June 16, 2021Without the working-class Black and brown transwomen of decades past, current gay pop culture wouldn't be what it is today.
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