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For Goldstein, the rise of the gay right points to some weaknesses in liberal gay activism, and he exhorts bourgeois "strivers" not to abandon their more radical counterparts. Village Voice veteran Goldstein trumpets the countercharge against the gay right, who are not homosexual Republicans but "attack queers" Andrew Sullivan, Norah Vincent, and Camille Paglia.

Liberal Society and the Gay Right. Hooray for Richard Goldstein! The Attack Queers is a brillian. nd brilliantly writte. olemic against the rising tide of heartless gay conservatism and its 'liberal' straight allies. by Richard Goldstein. The Attack Queers is a much-needed call to arms for progressives of all stripes to rally before it's too late. Martin Duberman, author of Stonewall. Besides its sheer cogency, the most notable thing about The Attack Queers is, surprisingly, the generous patience with which it anatomizes the gay right.

Richard Goldstein (born June 19, 1944) is an American journalist and . Born on the Street Graffiti. The Attack Queers: Liberal Society and the Gay Right (2002). Homocons: The Rise of the Gay Right (2003).

Richard Goldstein (born June 19, 1944) is an American journalist and writer. He specializes in gay and lesbian issues, music, and counterculture topics. This book has been taught in literature classes in a number of secondary schools and universities. In addition, Goldstein's work has been widely anthologized. Another little piece of my heart: my life of rock and revolution in the '60s (2016).

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The Attack Queers offers such a critique. It describes how the gay Right agenda differs from the one the queer community has long embraced. Never abandoning its analysis of the complex relationship between homosexuals and liberal society, the book examines the conflict between liberationists and assimilationists that has raged since the Stonewall era, and explores how political success tipped the balance and facilitated the rise of the gay Right. For most of its history, the American gay movement has been part of the democratic Left. Gay liberation's founders were Communists, and its activist core is still overwhelmingly progressive.

And it could catch on, saysRichard Goldstein. He also calls them "the attack queers" because their role, he claims, is to do f or the self-styled "liberal" mainstream media what the media dare not do for the mselves: express hostility toward gays.

Goldstein uses this book to take to task the small number of right-wing gay and lesbian "public intellectuals" who are given a platform far out of proportion to their numbers (after all, a solid 75% of gay men and lesbians have liberal political inclinations and vote Democratic or Green)The usual.

Goldstein uses this book to take to task the small number of right-wing gay and lesbian "public intellectuals" who are given a platform far out of proportion to their numbers (after all, a solid 75% of gay men and lesbians have liberal political inclinations and vote Democratic or Green)The usual subjects are roasted - the pustulant Andrew Sullivan, shrill Norah. but this book is more then shooting fish in a barrel

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