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SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: anarchoqueer@gmail.com
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As Radical Queers, we are in a constant war against the HRC. Our
frustrations run much deeper than ENDA or any other single issue. However,
I have often found myself unable to substantiate my frustrations when
talking with more mainstream “LGBT” folks. So, me and a friend are
planning to compile and edit a zine on why we hate the HRC. We are looking
for more radical perspectives written in a language that would be
accessible to more mainstream “LGBT” folks.

Talking points could/should include, but are not limited to:

Racism, Classism, Assimilation, Militarism/Imperialism, Transphobia, The
Prison-Industrial Complex, The Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Immigration
as a Queer Issue, Public Sex/Sexuality and Pleasure (and how the HRC tries
to hide that as a part of our identities), The culture of respectability,
Healthcare.

Or maybe, even more fundamentally, why there are no “separate issues.”

We would also be interested in writings on things people have done,
actions that have been taken against the HRC, and why we don’t need the
HRC. (We can do this shit ourselves!)

Remember, the intended audience is mainstream “LGBT” folks who aren’t
already radical– this is an attempt to radicalize them!– so please make
sure submissions are written in a way that will make sense to these folks.
(I.e. don’t assume somebody knows what the prison industrial complex is or
why we don’t like it.)

PLEASE EMAIL SUBMISSIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS TO:
anarchoqueer@gmail.com.

AND PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!

Thanks!

Solidarity and Sodomy