queer – QueerAnarchism

When other lgbt folk get mad/tell me I can’t refer to myself as queer or use it as a umbrella term, it sets off alarm bells in my head but I’m not sure why. There’s something icky about it that I can’t quite put my finger on, and I was wondering if you had any idea?

October 2, 2018 by queeranarchism

Well, I’ve written and reblogged some stuff about it. Check out: http://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/157434955083/queer-arose-as-a-critique-of-the-assumptions http://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/176873547588/yall-please-stop-tagging-the-word-queer-as-q http://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/178274980533/oodlenoodleroodle-transkrem-like-people-who https://mineroftrenches.tumblr.com/post/170833733543/kyraneko-jenroses-brinconvenient Super short summary: Queer challenges identity politics and creates space for inclusiveness. More marginalized LGBT people (POC, working-class, trans people, etc) have been and are the most actively using queer because of its political message and inclusiveness. Anti-queer sentiment is … Continue reading When other lgbt folk get mad/tell me I can’t refer to myself as queer or use it as a umbrella term, it sets off alarm bells in my head but I’m not sure why. There’s something icky about it that I can’t quite put my finger on, and I was wondering if you had any idea?

Too Political

August 20, 2018 by queeranarchism

Two transgender activists who carried signs against racism and for refugee lives at Antwerp Pride on 11 August 2018 were banned from their local trans organization as a result. Members of the same organization were participating in Pride as part of nationalist-right wing but they were not deemed ‘too political’. There are people in our … Continue reading Too Political

I got interviewed about the Be Gay Do Crime meme because the future is fucking wild.

August 11, 2018 by queeranarchism

hardesttryer: After I photoshopped it up I made prints of my version to give to a few people who supported a comic book anthology done by queer prisoners called ABO comix and have kept printing them since then.’ As far as I know “Be Gay Do Crime” is from the communal grab-bag of anti-assimilationist queer … Continue reading I got interviewed about the Be Gay Do Crime meme because the future is fucking wild.

August 11, 2018 by queeranarchism

I want people to understand that “Liberal LGBT group calls the cops on radical queer group protesting at their event. Trans people of color get exposed to police brutality as a result” Is not rare at all. It happens constantly. Whenever queer activists choose to stand up to an LGBT group that is doing fucked … Continue reading

August 6, 2018December 3, 2018 by queeranarchism

TW: video of police harassment and mentions of other police brutality. On the day that Amsterdam Canal Pride claimed to celebrate ‘heroes of the LGBT community’, the police in collaboration with the city council and Pride organizers, harassed and beat LGBT activists from We Reclaim Our Pride who were calling for a Pride that truly … Continue reading

April 14, 2018 by queeranarchism

If an LGBT group charges money for their events or doesn’t have events focussed on material needs (like clothes swaps, etc) that’s usually a very good sign that they’re BAD. You have to be pretty far stuck in a white middle class gay men circle jerk to think poverty isn’t 1 of the most important … Continue reading

Queer texts against LGBT-conservatism Starter Pack

March 30, 2018 by queeranarchism

From this post, which is itself also a useful ongoing conversation on LGBT-conservatism along with this off-shoot, but some people might find those too long to reblog. So here’s a shorter post with some resources to get you started, I’m sure other people can add more. Books Sarah Schulman – The Gentrification of the Mind. … Continue reading Queer texts against LGBT-conservatism Starter Pack

February 25, 2018 by queeranarchism

Some will read “queer” as synonymous with “gay and lesbian” or “LGBT”. This reading falls short. While those who would fit within the constructions of “L”, “G”, “B” or “T” could fall within the discursive limits of queer, queer is not a stable area to inhabit. Queer is not merely another identity that can be … Continue reading

August 6, 2017December 3, 2018 by queeranarchism

On August 5th 2017 about 150 activists occupied a bridge at Amsterdam to drop four banners to protest the commercialisation of pride and the participation of racist and imperialust boats. Statement by the group: Reclaiming Pride The 5th of August is that time of the year again: the boat parade of Canal Pride in Amsterdam. … Continue reading

July 18, 2017 by queeranarchism

I thought the beginnings of “gay liberation” would remove the limitations of revolutionary vision and action. And, at first, it did. Being openly queer was so marginalized then that the other radical ideas we debated about sex and desire, gender identity, non-monogamy, and our notions of creating a revolutionary, sex-positive, erotic culture, were conversations we … Continue reading