"Out of the Closets into the Occupation: Queer Struggle Against the 1%"

Committee: 

Education

When: 

Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

Occupy Chicago Headquarters, 500 W. Cermak, 7th Floor

Facilitator: 

Members of Join the Impact Chicago (JTIC)

 

Join us for a lively discussion of the queer struggle at the heart of Occupy Everything. We'll begin with the experiences of lived oppression in terms of class. The range of class issues that disproportionately affect the LGBTQ community are legal and social. These challenges include employment discrimination, marriage equality, police violence, healthcare, homelessness, and feelings of isolation or rejection. We will then discuss how prejudice is a weapon of the 1%. The occupy movement is a part of the queer struggle, and all occupiers can stand in solidarity with their queer comrades. In the face of a homo/transphobic culture and the gendered dichotomy enforced by corporate capitalism, the 99% must be an inclusive challenge to those institutions.

 

 

 

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