- Queer Fist
Queer Fist was a radical
LGBT collective inNew York City that was started as an ad hoc network amid the2004 Republican National Convention protests.According to
Salon Magazine , Queer Fist protesters marched against the RNC delegates in Times Square "shouting, 'We're here! We're queer! We're fabulous! Don't fuck with us!' A topless woman and men wearing black wedding veils assembled on 45th Street and started making out, hoping to appall prudish and homophobic Republicans." [ [http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/08/30/sunday_protests/index.html?pn=3 "We the people say no to Bush"] , "Salon.com", Aug. 30, 2004.]Queer Fist held monthly meetings at
CUNY . Notably, they were responsible for protests against assimilationistgay rights organizations such as theLog Cabin Republicans andHuman Rights Campaign .Although started in New York, chapters emerged across the country. [See [http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=3937455&groupID=100069061&adTopicID=8&Mytoken=929A99C8-15F9-4DC2-9DDAF3465723B965203986 post] advertising membership at MySpace forum.]
The New York group gradually dissolved, holding its last meeting in 2006.
Some members of Queer Fist went on to form the Radical Homosexual Agenda.
References
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/queerfist Queer Fist on Myspace]
* [http://queerfist.blogspot.com/ Queer Fist blog]
* [http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=1305&nav=topic-directory& Radio segment about Queer Fist fromWBAI 'sOut FM program]
* [http://www.radicalhomosexualagenda.org/ Radical Homosexual Agenda]
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