The Narcissistic Fracturing of LGBT Literature
The world of the left generally, and of LGBT identity politics specifically, wasn’t always focused on infinite fragmentation within sects.
A collection of 21 posts
The world of the left generally, and of LGBT identity politics specifically, wasn’t always focused on infinite fragmentation within sects.
In this media culture is the implicit notion that gay people are monolithic, that they have no individual capacity to reason or hold different values.
Kauffman defended himself from charges of homophobia by saying that he wasn’t against the ‘gay influence’ in theatre, only its insidiousness.
Nowadays, every left-leaning parent and educator seems content to take a child’s word at face value if they say they were born in the wrong body, not realizing that by doing so, an important conversation is being brushed aside.
While the achievements of the gay rights movement are commendable, we should be wary of queer separatist activism.
Wait a minute. Only four gay men were murdered in all of 2016? And then 20 the next year?