Michael Bronski Takes the Measure of Gay Politics in the Boston Phoenix

MICHAEL BRONSKI ON THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT NOW AND THEN
WHY IT’S SCREWED UP AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE

Boston, MA, June 6, 2006 — In this week’s issue of the Boston Phoenix, Michael Bronski takes the measure of gay politics today — where it’s been, what it’s accomplished, and where it’s going. He argues that we’ve hit a ceiling with the “equal rights” approach, makes a plea for recovering the movement’s roots in the liberation struggles of the ’60s and ’70s, and looks at what a viable gay-liberation politics might look like today — after learning the lessons of the past 35 years.

Bronski, a long-time activist, scholar, and Phoenix contributor, outlines the flaws of the movement, and calls for cross-pollination with other social-justice groups, arguing that the movement needs “to entertain and enact a larger political and moral vision.”

His argument — impassioned, logical, necessary — is an important look not only at the then and now, but of the future of gay rights in the United States and around the world. “Libbing it up: the future of gay politics can be found in its past” can be found at http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid14423.aspx.

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