A-LISTS community
October is Queer History Month. To some people it is also
known as Gay History Month, while others insist on GLBT History Month, and still others insist on LGBT History Month, there are a host of other names as well, but I prefer the word queer* because it is easier than the alphabet soup designations many people in the LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ community seem to insist on. Actually, the word I really prefer is “gay” because it’s easier to say and more
prominently used in the media. Back in the mid-’70s though, some in the lesbian community decided that “gay” only referred to gay men and so we became the gay and lesbian community for a while, then the lesbian and gay community because some women felt slighted and the guys just didn’t care enough to argue about it. The rest of the letters of the alphabet soon followed. Of course, the fact that the members within our “community” can’t even agree
on a name for said community, pretty much sums us up. If we spent half as much time fighting for equality as we spend fighting amongst ourselves and splinter- ing off into smaller and smaller categories, homophobia would be a distant memory. To paraphrase FDR, “the only thing we have to fear,” sadly... is ourselves. Now I know that the protocol for Q-History Month is to ramble on about the
Stonewall riots, blah blah blah, Gay Liberation Front, blah blah, Pride, blah blah 1974 vs 1975, blah blah Nicole, blah blah Pride March vs Pride Parade, blah blah rallies, blah blah marriage, blah blah “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” etc... but how many times can that get rehashed year after year before Q-History Month becomes synonymous with the same old articles that make one’s eyes glaze over? Instead, let’s look at our past in a different way. They say that the pen is mightier
than a rally at some community center, so let’s examine some of the books and authors who have had an impact on our community and society as a whole.
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RAGE monthly | OCTOBER 2011
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