The big difference between liberal LGBT identity politics and revolutionary queer politics is:
That the goal of liberal LGBT identity politics is to present four (or 5, 6, 7, depending on the acronym) clearly defined LGBT identities with an easily digestable narrative to them to so that LGBT people may be understood, incorporated into societies notions of normalcy and turned into respectable citizens under capitalism.
While the goal of revolutionary queer politics is to complicate identity, to defy definition, to disrupt clear narratives, to continue to be confusing and paradoxical, so that queer people can not be incorporated or turned into respectable citizens and can continue on their struggle to destroy normalcy and respectability, which is a struggle that connects us to all struggles against oppression.
If we seem blatantly sexual or grotesquely unfuckable, if we make polite company uncomfortable, if we seem self-contradicting, if we wear slurs like badges of honor, if we’re bad rolemodels, if we seem weird or dangerous, that’s the point.
This also intersects with neurodiversity. The goal of neurodiversity is not to make autistics fit in neatly into the system where everyone “tolerates” us, it is to dismantle the ableist system entirely.
Cool this post was for and about queer people tho. Please make a new post.
Actually, I was very happy to see the comment by autpunq. It’s valuable to talk about the similarities in our struggles and the choice between assimilation and radical liberation is one many groups face.
Queer neurodiverse people have done a lot to challenge the concept of normal and it’s vital that we keep talking about how our struggles connect and mirror each other.As a queer neurodiverse person, I still think it would have been more appropriate as a separate post.
As another queer neurodiverse person, I found it a useful addition and I find that always making your own post runs the risk of overlooking the interconnectedness and similarity of our struggles under the same oppressive systems. So I’d love to see more conversations about how radical queer, neurodiverse and mad struggles intersect and interact and if any folks wanna talk about that, I think they can comment on this post.
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