The Conference

INVISIBLE LIVES, TARGETED BODIES:
Impacts of Economic Injustice on Vulnerable LGBTQ Communities

Jan 23-24, 2015
Murphy Institute

CALL TO ACTION

Economists have noted that the 2008 global economic crisis has created not a temporary recession, but a rearranging of the global economy that will impact us for decades to come. For LGBTQ communities, not only has the impact of the economic crisis been particularly severe, but also an analysis of the effects of the recession on LGBTQ communities is largely lacking.

This invisibility of the impact of the 2008 economic downturn on LGBTQ communities supports the absence of economic justice issues in the current LGBTQ movement, an absence which maintains the myth of LGBT wealth rather than conveying the reality of class and race as it meets sexual orientation and gender identity in the majority of queer lives.

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Amber L. Hollibaugh: The LGBTQ Movement’s Radical Vision

In this interview featuring Laura Flanders and Amber Hollibaugh, Amber Hollibaugh argues that though there’s plenty to be proud of after this year’s Pride weekend, there’s still a long way to go for the LGBTQ movement. Speaking with Laura Flanders, she explains how desire can be both the ends and the means of a sexually liberatory politics.