What we learned on tour…

 Posted by on October 21, 2010
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Conrad and Yasmin, Chicago Public Library - Photo by Andrew Davis (Windy City Times)

Our recent east coast/mid west tour has been an extremely exciting part of our larger project of reviving the queer political imagination and challenging the narrow vision of queer futurity promised through mere inclusion in the status quo.  The conversations and ideas we’ve shared with all sorts of folks, the new friends/crushes/co-conspirators we’ve made, the connections we’ve made with other activists doing amazing transformative work, it’s all so overwhelming and magically hopeful!
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What was most apparent while on tour was how hungry folks are for this kind of critique, how affirming it felt to share our anger and frustration publicly, and how pissed off so many queer and trans folks are about the central role gay marriage and DADT plays in the queer political landscape.

The different kinds of events (university lectures, community strategy sessions, public library panels, book readings, etc) allowed us to engage with a dynamic range of folks. Unfortunately some events were met with resistance from university alumni outraged that we would be brought to campus by a queer student group to irate library patrons who compared allowing our event to allowing white supremacists to do the same.  Apparently actual community dialog and critical thinking is not on the gay agenda…

We hope the conversations we helped make time and space for while on tour will continue with as much urgency long after we’ve continued on and that our anthology can be used as a road map for sparking dialog, furthering critiques and most importantly, action!

The first printing of the book has all but sold out and they are primarily available through our distributor, AK Press.  That means nearly five hundred people have something smart and sassy to show off in their back pocket!

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Lastly, we will continue touring this winter, bouncing around the east coast a bit more with a west coast and Canadian tour in the works for the spring.  If you are interested in bringing the book tour to your university, indie bookstore or community space, get in touch!  We will need financial support to travel, so please keep that in mind when making tour requests!  We simply don’t have the financial resources to tour without that support.

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