No return to ‘normal' LGBT politics!

Gary Kinsman — 2022-02-24T10:03:06Z

In the wake of the pandemic, a radical re-orientation of queer and trans organizing is in order

- IV565 - February 2022 / Canada, LGBT, Sexual politics

Some notes on learning from AIDS activism for our responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Gary Kinsman — 2020-03-23T07:40:38Z

While living though the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis I am struck by the connections between the AIDS crisis (which is also not over) and this health crisis. These connections are not often being made or remembered in the commentaries and analysis I have seen. At the same time there are also major differences between these two different health crises including mode of transmission, impact on people's bodies and health and to some extent who is most affected. I was actively involved in AIDS organizing and activism in the 1980s and 1990s and have also been involved in documenting some of these histories. In this initial sketch I try to draw out some of what can be learned from the history of AIDS organizing and activism for the current pandemic. I know this is partial and limited but I feel an urgency to get it out there. Please feel free to add to it or critique it. It is intended to get discussion going.

- IV542 - March 2020 / Canada, Covid-19 Pandemic

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No return to ‘normal' LGBT politics!

Some notes on learning from AIDS activism for our responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.