‘Bad Gays’ Radically Subverts Queer History
To ignore the “bad gays” past and present risks romanticizing an idealized version of history and stunts the forward momentum of queer liberation.
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AIDS Activism and Sarah Schulman’s Joyous Anger
Schulman’s Let the Record Show argues that AIDS continues to kill queer, drug-addicted, brown, black, undocumented, and uninsured people.
‘Cured’ Co-Director Bennett Singer on Social Issue Filmmaking and LGBTQ Activism
Co-director Bennett Singer talks with PopMatters about the early gay rights documentary, ‘Cured’, and the cruelty of ongoing conversion therapy.
‘Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives’
From the rich archives of Chicago's Gerber Hart Library, John D'Emilio's Queer Legacies offers an inspiring overview of individual perseverance; poignant losses, and stirring collective gains.
‘Homintern’ Is Not as Subversive and Liberating as Its Subject Matter
What was unique and liberating about the gay influence on Western culture? Gregory Woods tells only part of the story in Homintern.