A reader writes:
Thank you for noting the gay far-left’s uselessness and their preference for multicultural posturing over any action of substance. This is something I dealt with in college (admittedly on a much smaller scale) where some members of the main gay organization on campus spent an awful lot of time expressing solidarity with various minorities and developing countries, disdaining Israel, and generally ignoring any sort of actual gay-equality work that might have tangible results. Thankfully, they were not allowed to dominate.
I found this quote in the Gay City News article especially telling:
"Another point Long made in his memorandum last week is that those who believe the Mashad executions were based in homophobia are "imputing a Westernized ‘gay’ identity on these youths," the suggestion being that a level of cultural insensitivity and naivet√© is involved."
Queer studies may have their place, but now we’re seeing them as a way to dismiss violent homophobia.
The damage the "queer studies" left has done to gay equality – and to the self-respect and intelligence of gay college students in this country in the past couple of decades – is profound. By conflating gay identity with far-left politics, they actually keep many gay students in the closet for longer than necessary. Their fondness for dictatorial leftists is legendary – symbolized by Michel Foucault’s embrace of the Tehran mullahs. And on the great civil rights question of the day – marriage equality – they have had nothing, nothing, to contribute.
The Dish 