Something happened in the 1990s; a group of people who were perceived as radical and unmentionable were transformed into a group of people who deserved human rights, and, if you looked close enough, were normal, just like everybody else (John D'Emilio (2002). Had a post-gay era (Ghaziani, 2011) begun? And if so, how might this impact on the meaning of sexual identity and a political movement steeped in identity politics? Have the LGBT youth of today been duped into conformity because they believe the media's representation of their lives? (to quote Sarah Shulman). The articles gathered here...
Something happened in the 1990s; a group of people who were perceived as radical and unmentionable were transformed into a group of people who deserve...