Top 10 LGBTQ Protest Tactics That Changed History
There is something worth sitting with when you look at the full arc of LGBTQ protest: how much creativity it took. Not just courage -- though the courage was real and enormous -- but *creativity*.
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5 Questions to Reflect On
- 1. The tactic shapes the message Each protest tactic in this history communicated something specific about what queer people believed about themselves -- the Annual Reminders said "we are citizens," the die-in said "we are dying and you will see it," the kiss-in said "our love is not a problem." What do you think was the most powerful message, and why?
- 2. Borrowed tactics, new contexts The Sip-In adapted civil rights lunch counter sit-ins. The die-in came from anti-nuclear protest. ACT UP borrowed from earlier groups and then inspired later ones.
- 3. Respectability vs. disruption Frank Kameny required suits and ties at the Annual Reminders. ACT UP disrupted a Catholic mass. Both worked in different ways.
- 4. The personal and the political The Ashes Action turned private grief into a public act. The kiss-in turned private affection into a public statement.
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