Feb 17, 2018
Here, Claudia Cragg (@KGNUClaudia, for @KGNU) speaks with Lisa M Stulberg (@LisaStulberg),associate professor, sociology of education, at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. about her latest book, LGBTQ Social Movements .
In recent years, there has been substantial progress on lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights in the
United States. We are now, though, in a time of incredible
political uncertainty for queer people. LGBTQ Social
Movements provides an accessible introduction to
mainstream LGBTQ movements in the US, illustrating the many forms
that LGBTQ activism has taken since the mid-twentieth
century.
Covering a range of topics, including the
Stonewall uprising and gay liberation, AIDS politics, queer
activism, marriage equality fights, youth action, and bisexual and
transgender justice, Lisa M. Stulberg explores how marginalized
people and communities have used a wide range of political and
cultural tools to demand and create change. The five key themes
that guide the book are
assimilationism and liberationism
as complex strategies for equality, the limits and possibilities of
legal change, the role of art and popular culture in social change,
the interconnectedness of social movements, and the role of
privilege in movement organizing.
This book is an important tool for understanding current LGBTQ
politics and will be essential reading for students and scholars of
sexuality, LGBTQ studies, and social movements, as well as anyone
new to thinking about these issues.