'To Mystify, Terrify, and Enchant': Queer Nation and the Historiography of Queer Politics

Queer Nation, founded in New York City in 1990, is one of the earliest activist groups to be organized around the term queer. This article provides a history of the founding chapter of Queer Nation and maps the group's political ideals and strategies, highlighting tensions within and outside th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:QED (East Lansing, Mich.) Mich.), 2023-10, Vol.10 (3), p.123-154
Main Author: Hanhardt, Christina B
Format: Article
Language:English
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Queer Nation, founded in New York City in 1990, is one of the earliest activist groups to be organized around the term queer. This article provides a history of the founding chapter of Queer Nation and maps the group's political ideals and strategies, highlighting tensions within and outside the organization about race and gender, liberalism, and antiassimilationism, among other issues. In doing so, the article also offers a framework for thinking about antinormativity in the history and historiography of queer politics and theory.
ISSN:2327-1574
2327-1590
DOI:10.14321/qed.10.3.0123