When wrer Roxane Gay dubbed herself a "bad femist," she was makg a joke, acknowledgg that she uldn't possibly live up to the mands for perfectn of the femist movement. But she's realized that the joke rang hollow. In a thoughtful and provotive talk, she asks to embrace all flavors of femism -- and make the small choic that, en masse, might lead to actual change.
Contents:
- OP-ED: GAY MEN NEED TO BE FEMISTS, TOO
- WHY GAY MEN DON’T NEED FEMISM – PART 2: THE TAKEOVER
- #GAYS AGAST FEMISM: BEE GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT FEMIST PROPERTY
- OPINION: ON GAY MEN AND THE FEMIST MOVEMENT
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
OP-ED: GAY MEN NEED TO BE FEMISTS, TOO
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The fervent anizg of the 1960s and early 1970s led NOW and other gay rights and femist anizatns to support lbians’ stggle agast pulsory heterosexualy and other forms of opprsn that lbians experienced.
WHY GAY MEN DON’T NEED FEMISM – PART 2: THE TAKEOVER
Are we gay men who claim to be femist really so? The spate of anti-women legislatn mands we start showg up for women. * are all feminist gay *
Lbian femism emerged as an important amic field, led by theologian and philosopher Mary Daly; philosopher and theorist Marilyn Frye; poet and sayist Audre Lor; activist, thor, and teacher Charlotte Bunch; femist anthropologist Gayle Rub; and other scholars.
#GAYS AGAST FEMISM: BEE GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT FEMIST PROPERTY
Prt ? PDF ?Note: The followg opn piece is by NCFM member Dean Esmay. It do nta some harsh and angry language, mostly by gay men angry ... * are all feminist gay *
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OPINION: ON GAY MEN AND THE FEMIST MOVEMENT
Lbian femism, a polil and theoretil movement wh femism that emerged the send half of the 20th century at the nvergence of the women’s movement, the gay rights movement, and the sexual revolutn. Lbian femists advoted alternative ways of thkg about genr and power. * are all feminist gay *
Femists unrstand how all the rights are nnected, but gay men don’t always though gay men are not engeerg the recent surge of state laws rtrictg reproductive rights, nor mtg the alarmg number of sexual asslts agast women, we are implited the imagistic, mercial and workplace misogyny that is still stranglg women’s advancement. Today’s gay male el should be standg for women: batg sexual asslt; advancg women’s reproductive rights; mandg paid materny leave and support for child re; fendg immigrant women pg domtic vlence and rape; and supportg all those women who are cidly not “post-work, ” but rather reprent nearly two-thirds of the mimum-wage men shouldn’t domate the bate, but neher should we hang back apathy, fatigue or fear of sayg the wrong thg.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
‘Why Gay Men Don’t Need Femism’ is a four-part seri of articl adapted om a speech that was tend to be prented at the Send Internatnal Conference on Men’s Issu 2015 by the thor, Matthew Lye (a. For reasons that some people, pecially many gay men, stggle to unrstand, G meekly obeyed, and allowed self to be relegated to send-class stat wh s own movement – a posn which retas to this very day.
Rose McGowan attempted to rally support for femism among gay men by optg for the fely more bizarre approach of hurlg a barrage of all-too-faiar Co Black Shamg Language [5] at them: “Gay men are as misogynistic as straight men, if not more so, ” she said. Perhaps the most alarmg of all was McGowan’s claim that she has been a long-time supporter of gay men and their rights, th offerg an sight to the rather cur approach that femists tend to adopt toward their supposed alli.