The way the straights dealed with AIDS was downright genocidal, my country had people in the federal government literally calling for internment camps and it has been completely memory holed outside of queer spaces. Also, AIDS is a prime example how this respectability politics shit is getting us nowhere, anybody interested should read a bit about the history of ACT UP! and how they used direct action to drive policy changes. If anything, queers today aren't radical and annoying enough.
AIDS wiped out an entire generation and the culture around it. I've wondered about how much was lost during that time period. You look at modern-day pride events and film festivals and see most of them started in the 90s and 2000s. Very few of those annual customs from the 80s and before survived to today. Then there's subcultures and venues that were around for decades we will probably never know about because they were wiped out.
The way the straights dealed with AIDS was downright genocidal, my country had people in the federal government literally calling for internment camps and it has been completely memory holed outside of queer spaces. Also, AIDS is a prime example how this respectability politics shit is getting us nowhere, anybody interested should read a bit about the history of ACT UP! and how they used direct action to drive policy changes. If anything, queers today aren't radical and annoying enough.
The Stonewall Riots shouldn't have stopped at Stonewall.
AIDS wiped out an entire generation and the culture around it. I've wondered about how much was lost during that time period. You look at modern-day pride events and film festivals and see most of them started in the 90s and 2000s. Very few of those annual customs from the 80s and before survived to today. Then there's subcultures and venues that were around for decades we will probably never know about because they were wiped out.