Queer Liberation is Class Struggle

by Jomo

Genres: LGBT, Queer

28 pages, pamphlet

Reviews

[Devin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brief but fantastic read that can be summed up in a paragraph in this piece:

"Most queers are workers. That means the queer struggle is also a class struggle. Why hasn’t it been seen as such?"

It is true. Many queers and trans people are workers; this threads the queer/trans struggle to the class struggle and in fact, makes them one and the same.

An excellent jumping off point for queer/trans Marxist reading.

[emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

“The need for a working class queer liberation theory and practice is not just an academic foray. It is a necessity for us to reach out beyond the abstract lingo of queer theory, beyond the annals of academia, urban centers and progressive non profit scenes. If we are to appeal to queers who are working class, are people of color, are differently abled, and who may not even identify as queer but, whose love lives, sex lives, gender expressions and family formations are all queerly out of heteronormativity, then we need to articulate a politics that reflects this diversity.”