CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | McNeill, Zoie Catharine |
|---|---|
| Title | The Making of a Queer of Color Critique of Lesbian and Gay Politics: In/Exclusion and the Black Pride 4 |
| Summary | On June 17th, 2017 protesters called the Black Pride 4 blocked Stonewall Columbus’ Pride Parade to draw attention to racism within the LGBT movement. Their arrests and trial led to a tension in discourse over who was acting in the legacy of the Stonewall riots and whether the LGBT movement has been gentrified by white middle class gays, leading to the marginalization of Queer People of Color (QPOC). At the heart of this tension is a fight over whether LGBT politics should be one of assimilation or liberation. This article traces the roots of these critiques in a short intellectual history, explores how they were used by actors in the Black Pride 4 case, and analyzes how the representations of these critiques in discourse evolved throughout the case using the frameworks on intersectionality and queer of color critique. The Black Pride 4 case, and the wave of other actions like it, are caused by an LGBT movement that has historically prioritized white gay voices and needs over those of QPOC. These confrontations have led to a fragmentation within the LGBT movement that challenges the dominant narrative that the mainstream LGBT offers—that the LGBT movement is unifying, inclusive, and fighting for the rights of all members of its community. |
| Supervisor | Renkin, Hadley |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/mcneill_zoie.pdf |
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