Pride has always been a protest, but that ideal has been lost to many after decades of commercialisation and de-politicisation. Peckham Pride was a vital testament to the power of a radical queer community and a Pride true to the movement’s origins. When the far-right attacks, we all suffer, and it’s our duty to fight back. Queer solidarity is powerful force – it’s time for us to wield it.
Come for the lesbians, stay for the feminist kickassery!
The entire project [of self-publishing] was about showing that there’s no barrier to access to emotionally move people,” she adds. “You don’t need a perfectly clean text, you don’t need an editor, you don’t need a press, all you really need is a will to write and an account with some self-publishing platform. The idea that you need a perfectly polished text to produce a work of art that people care about is a kind of gatekeeping. How many trans women have been denied on these kind of grounds? [Their] stories are important.
When I saw the hashtag #DisabledAndCute gaining steam on Twitter last weekend, I felt an immediate tug of recognition. Disabled folks were here, owning our bodies and looks rather than trying to cover up, slink away, or downplay.
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