In Gay Liberation after May '68, first published in France in 1974 and appearing here in English for the first time, Guy Hocquenghem details the rise of the militant gay liberation movement alongside the women's movement and other revolutionary organizing. Written after the apparent failure and eventual selling out of the revolutionary dream of May '68, Hocquenghem situates his theories of homosexual desire in the realm of revolutionary practice, arguing that revolutionary movements must be rethought through ideas of desire and sexuality that undo stable gender and sexual identities. Throughout, he persists in a radical vision of the world framed through a queerness that can dismantle the oppressions of capitalism and empire, the family, institutions and, ultimately, civilization. The articles, communiques, and manifestos that comprise the book give an archival glimpse at the issues queer revolutionaries faced at the time while speaking to today's radical queers as they look to transform their world.

Book Information
ISBN 9781478018087
Author Guy Hocquenghem
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press