They might argue that MAPs are queer in the sense embraced by theorists such as Butler and Halperin. And that embracing queerness involves denunciation of those other parts of the gay movement you refer to. There is also a generational argument. Radical queer initiatives seek to benefit from fractioning of the current LGBTQ+ community, and this might involve disattisfaction among younger queers who were not alive in the 1980s. ![]() |