The normalization strategy of gay rights is to merge so seamlessly - TopicsExpress



          

The normalization strategy of gay rights is to merge so seamlessly and imperceptibly into mainstream institutions that it seems impossible to imagine it could ever have been any other way; by contrast, queer theory opts for bullying, razzing, and mocking social conventions until it’s hard to imagine them in the same way. So queer theory has always had a potentially broad applicability. If gay rights would say of marriage, “You have it; why shouldn’t we?” (an uninteresting claim, but one that’s hard to argue with), queer theory would say, Married? You’re getting married? Hold on a minute, I need a drink. -Richard Thompson Ford
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:36:44 +0000

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