Queer Political Performance and Protest
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From the birth of the Gay Liberation through the rise of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987, the global justice movement in 1994, the largest day of antiwar protest in world history in February 2003, the Republican National Convention protests in August 2004, and the massive immigrant rights rallies in the spring of 2006, the streets of cities around the world have been filled with a new theatrical model of protest. Elements of fun, creativity, pleasure, and play are cornerstones of this new approach toward protest and community building. No movement has had a larger influence on the emergence of play in social movement activity than the gay liberation and queer activism of the past thirty years. This book examines the role of play in gay liberation and queer activism, and the ways in which queer notions of play have influenced a broad range of social movements.
List of IllustrationsIntroduction Pleasure is a Resource: From Drag Marches to Global Justice Movements 11 Play and World Making: From Berlin to the Black Cat 222 Play as Pleasure: Gay Liberation and Movements for Sexual Freedom 333 Play as Resilience: Eros Versus Thanatos in ACT UP 704 Playing by Different Rules: DIY Experiments in Harm Reduction 1345 Play and Panic in the Neoliberal City: The AIDS Prevention Action League and SexPanic! 1616 Activism as Circus: From Street Carnival to Direct Action 239Conclusion: Reconsidering and Situating Play: From ACT UP to the Rude Mechanical Orchestra 264Appendix Methodological Notes on the Study of Play and Pleasure in Social Movements 279References 287About the Author 309Index 311
