Queerre was a movement of radil gay punks who sparked an explosn of mic, lerature, film, and art that changed the face of punk rock and gay activism alike.
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'QUEERRE': A DES-OLD MOVEMENT FOR GAY PUNKS, FREAKS AND REBELS
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”“Queerre wasn’t jt agast homophobia and the martyrg of gay people, ” journalist Adam Rathe, thor of a mi oral history on the movement, said the book.
“It was agast the mastream gay society, agast the ia of upper-class whe men gog to the gym and spendg their nights at the baths. ”Queer thors like Sarah Schulman have argued that the actns and mands of queer radils ma more assiatnist mands, like gay marriage, palatable to the straight world.