1970s Gay Liberation Front challenged gender
GLF’s critique of orthodox masculinity & femininity is still valid
Masculinity
Machismo underpins war and tyranny
A macho mindset is a psychological precondition for all oppression
Straight Male Machismo Underpins all Tyranny
Speech to the European Feminist Summit in London, 15 March 2008.
Subverting the Gender System
The “gender fuck” politics of the London Gay Liberation Front 1970-73.
What Straight men Could Learn From Gay Men – A Queer Kind of Masculinity?
Gay men show that being a man doesn’t have to involve machismo.
Gay Liberation is Central to Human Emancipation
The gay liberation movement’s challenge to straight male masculinity offers a unique and revolutionary contribution to the emancipation of the whole of humanity from all forms of oppression and subjugation.
The Masculinisation of Socialism
How masculinity undermines left politics.