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I do not march for marriage rights because I fundamentally disagree with the existence of this old and obsolete institution kept alive only to ensure the stronghold that heteronormative society has on the rest of us.
Marriage should be abolished no…
The people who agitate for a more equitable and just society, who refuse to sign up for the selective service, who support universal healthcare, immigrant rights, and prison abolition are sometimes the exact same queers who get married.
(Here is on…
There are two questions here.
The first is about marriage as an institution. Fundamentally it's reactionary and one of the major props of cults and of the capitalist order that distorts every aspect of society, including the broad question of partn…
Thank you for a clear and cogent analysis of where the marriage movement has derailed the agenda. I may be demonstrating for marriage equality, but that doesn't mean it's in the top 10 of my concerns for queer politics.
Very, very glad that you've articulated this argument. And with such precision and verve. I've shared you post widely - and I'm looking forward to more. Solidarity.
WoW - incredible piece...keep it up!
This is so right on! Thank you so much for taking the time to right this. I agree, I agree, I agree.
It’s hard for us to believe what we’re hearing these days. Thousands are losing their homes, and gays want a day named after Harvey Milk. The U.S. military is continuing its path of destruction, and gays want to be allowed to fight. Cops are still k…
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- Queer kids of queer parents.
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- social, economic and racial justice, anti-gentrification, prison abolition, anti-imperialism, anti-militarism, Palestinian solidarity, immigrant rights, art, writing, performing, resisting police states.
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Queer Kids of Queer Parents Resist the Marriage Equality Agenda
It’s hard for us to believe what we’re hearing these days. Thousands are losing their homes, and gays want a day named after Harvey Milk. The U.S. military is continuing its path of destruction, and gays want to be allowed to fight. Cops are still killing unarmed black men and bashing queers, and gays want more policing. More and more Americans are suffering and dying because they can’t get decent health care, and gays want weddings. What happened to us? Where have our communities gone? Did gays… Continue
Posted on October 13, 2009 at 11:58pm — 8 Comments
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- At 11:02pm on December 12, 2009,
Paul F. Cogan said… - Blogs and blogging have made a tremendous impact within the gay movement. Through our use of blogs such as Queer Today I would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who has joined me in blogging on Queer Today and I hope collectively we will continue to help to make future significant contributions to the movement.
As has become clear over the past few years, blogs such as ours provide journalists and activists like us an opportunity to effectively report on issues that mainstream and print media do not cover. Our online commentary not only raises awareness and visibility to issues important to the movement but also allows us to force a more nuanced and deeper reporting on these often complex and difficult issues.
For all of our brothers and sisters who rarely see themselves represented in the media or who live in places without a strong gay movement, our blog creates a deeply needed sense of community for them. Our blog functions as a modern day town crier, bringing all of us together regardless of where we live or who we know, to share information and knowledge about our movement. Our blog provides a forum where we can report, debate, consider and call our movement into action.
The information imparted over our blog - both with the citizen journalists writing about issues important to the movement and bloggers like each of you whose comments add texture to the stories – will engender ability for online organizing and activism like no other media supporting the movement.
Our blog can deliver news to thousands of gay people as that news is unfolding, engaging them as participants in our movement instead of passive readers. Often our blog is where news about the movement begins.
So, the next time you are at your computer, click on the book marked button for Queer Today. Come into the blog and see the latest news of the movement and add your voice with a blog entry in support of the gay movement.
PAUL
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