Against Equality (EPUB) von Ryan Conrad

When "rights" go wrong. Radical queer and trans critiques of mainstream gay and lesbian politics.

Acknowledgments
Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion
Ryan Conrad, Karma Chávez, Yasmin Nair, & Deena Loeffler for Against Equality

Part 1 – Marriage
Against Equality, Against Marriage: An Introduction
Yasmin Nair
An Open Letter to LGBT Leaders Who Are Pushing Marriage Equality
Kate Bornstein
Marriage is Murder: On the Discursive Limits of Matrimony
Eric Stanley
I Still Think Marriage is the Wrong Goal
Dean Spade & Craig Willse
Is Gay Marriage Anti-Black???
Kenyon Farrow
Gay Marriage: Civil Right or Civil Wrong
Kate and Deeg, La Gai
The Marriage Fight is Setting Us Back
John D’Emilio
Against Equality, in Maine and Everywhere
Ryan Conrad
Who’s Illegal Now?: Immigration, Marriage, and the Violence of Inclusion
Yasmin Nair
Queer Kids of Queer Parents Against Gay Marriage
MJ Kaufman & Katie Miles
Why Gay Marriage IS the End of the World (or the queer world, at least)
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Part 2 – Military
“Community Spirit”: The New Gay Patriot and the Right to Fight in Unjust Wars, An Introduction
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
A Military Job Is Not Economic Justice
Kenyon Farrow for QEJ’s Statement on DADT
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Serve
Cecilia Cissell Lucas
Rage, Or the Lack Thereof
Yasmin Nair
Queer eyes on what prize? Ending DADT
Erica Meiners & Therese Quinn
Why I Oppose Repealing DADT & the Passage of the DREAM Act
Tamara K. Nopper
Bradley Manning: Rich Man’s War, Poor (Gay) Man’s Fight
Larry Goldsmith
Why I Won’t Be Celebrating the Repeal of DADT: Queer Soldiers are Still Agents of Genocide
Jamal Rashad Jones
Pictures at an Execution
Bill Andriette
Illustrating Against Militarism
Mr. Fish

Part 3 – Prisons
Their Laws Will Never Make Us Safer
Dean Spade
A Compilation of Critiques on Hate Crime Legislation
Jason Lydon for Black & Pink
SRLP opposes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Do Hate Crime Laws Do Any Good?
Liliana Segura
Sanesha Stewart, Lawrence King, and Why Hate Crime Legislation Won’t Help
Jack Aponte
Why Hate Crime Legislation Is Still Not a Solution
Yasmin Nair
Lesbians Sentenced for Self-Defense: All-White Jury Convicts Black Women
Imani Keith Henry
First Coffins, Now Prison?
Sébastien Barraud for PolitiQ-queers solidaires!
The Devil in Gay Inc.: How the Gay Establishment Ignored a Sex Panic Fueled by Homophobia
James D’Entremont
“Worst of the Worst”? Queer Investments in Challenging Sex Offender Registries
Erica Meiners, Liam Michaud, Josh Pavan, Bridget Simpson

Notes
About the Contributors