That's Revolting: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation

Edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Soft Skull Press 2004, 2008, paperback SKU: 9781593761950   Ten years ago one might not have imagined the largest national gay rights lobbying group (Human Rights Campaign) endorsing a right-wing Republican Senatorial candidate (Al D’Amato in New York), or the San Francisco Pride parade adopting the Budweiser advertising slogan as its official theme (2002). As an assimilationist gay mainstream wields increasing power, the focus of gay struggle has become limited to marriage, military service, and adoption. The gay mainstream presents a sanitized, straight-friendly version of gay identity which makes it safe for Richard Chamberlain or Rosie O’Donnell to come out, and still rake in the bucks. By the twisted priorities of this gay mainstream, it’s okay to oppose a queer youth shelter because it might interfere with property values, or to fight against the inclusion of transgendered people under hate crimes legislation because this might not appeal to