“Visa credit cards replaced the soul of Stonewall.”
An interview with gay rights hell-raiser Tamara Turner. Turner is a co-author of Gay Resistance: The Hidden History (Red Letter Press, 1997) and a cast member of the 1993 play “Hidden History: True Stories from Seattle’s Gay and Lesbian Elders.” Turner comments on decades of activism and shares her acerbic observations with FS writer Doug Barnes.
From the interview:
Q. So what lessons do we need to apply today?
A. “History tells us that if we don’t hang together we’ll hang separately. I think we need to build a broad, radical leadership that can expose this system and offer a vision of its replacement. A world where people are judged by their qualities as a person, as a human being rather than by skin color, what’s between their legs, their sexual orientation, or gender.”
In another section of the interview Turner says, “I love today’s contingent of progressive, if not radical, gays helping to organize in all the movements such as immigrant rights, labor, antiwar, abortion rights, and healthcare. They’re outspoken about gay issues, but they do it in solidarity with others–a multi-hued, and multi-faceted approach to the problems we all face.”
To read the interview with Tamara Turner click here.
1 comment
Why would Ms. Turner only speak of gay. Sort of a contradiction with what else she talks of. Sort of strange since she came from the early days when lesbians had to fight hard to be recognized within the “gay” movement. I cringe when I hear people call our movement the gay movement and talk of gay rights. I always ask them Whats lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people missing in action? I am not into erasing anyone from the movemnet even if it is only in words.
But all in all I like what she has to say. I am proud to be a cyber member of QWB and support it all the way.
Hey guys I do have a copy of my essay SEX do you want to re-publish it since the hacker wiped it out? I have updated it.
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