Military
Is it the uniforms? The always flattering navy blue of a seaman’s uniform? The adventurous khaki of a soldier in the desert? Or might it be the rituals of military life, the sado-masochistic infliction of rules and tortuous drills, which drive today’s gays and lesbians to insist that they ought to be allowed to serve freely and openly in the military?
In public conversations, gays unfailingly draw upon the narrow and patriarchal discourse of the nation-state and the glory of war, as if these were righteous and just and pure. We wonder if they have shut their ears to the rising tide of anti-war sentiment across the world. We wonder if they do not see the burnt remnants of entire cities decimated in the thirst for oil, or the corpses of adults and children deemed as “collateral damage” as the United States continues its thunderous march towards a failed attempt at world domination.
And we wonder: Do these gays and lesbians feel the need to engage in fashion homo-geneity or are they suffering from cognitive dissonance?
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Bradley Manning: Rich Man’s War, Poor (Gay) Man’s Fight – Larry Goldsmith (2011)
A Military Job Is Not Economic Justice – Queers for Economic Justice Statement on DADT
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Serve – Cecilia Lucas (2010)
Don’t Ask, Don’t Go! – Lady Bunny
Rage, Or the Lack Thereof – Yasmin Nair (2010)
Why I oppose repealing DADT & passage of the Dream Act – Tamara K. Nopper
Why I Won’t Be Celebrating the Repeal of DADT: Queer Soldiers are Still Agents of Genocide – Crunch
Don’t Go, Don’t Kill! – Cindy Sheehan
Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for Queer People – Ryn Gluckman
Pictures at an Execution – Bill Andriette
DADT and the Silence / Silencing of Queer Anti-War Voices – Yasmin Nair
Queer eyes on what prize? Ending DADT – Erica Meiners & Therese Quinn
Open Letter to Democracy Now! – Stop Promoting Queer Militarism – Kate Raphael
A Fine Romance: Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman and Lieutenant Dan Choi - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
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Culture
Cartooning Against Gay Imperialism (1, 2, 3) – Mr. Fish, Cartoonist
On Gays In the Military - Bill Hicks, Stand Up Comedian
Don’t Ask! Don’t Kill! Bus Shelters - Truthforce
Queers and “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” – Radio Interview with Denise Morris and Yasmin Nair
