GAY COMMUNITY - INDEX LESBIAN & GAY MUSEUM 4 LONDON - CELEBRATING QUEER LIFE AND CULTURE LESBIAN & GAY MUSEUM 4 LONDON - QUEER HISTORY, ARCHIVE AND GALLERY SPACE Preferred site: the former Bow Street Police Station, where Oscar Wilde was jailed THE FUTURE OF PRIDE/MARDI GRAS The new gay zeitgeist of the late l990s is consumerism, not civil rights. QUEERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES In the 25 years since the Stonewall Riots it is queer self-help, not law reform, which has improved the lives of lesbian and gay people. SELF-RELIANCE - THE X FACTOR IN QUEER POLITICS The bisexual American black nationalist leader, MALCOLM X, was a forceful advocate of self-help and community empowerment. Self-reliance is also the key to queer emancipation. |
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