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Family Values with Melinda Cooper

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The LGBT Movement's Capture by Neoliberalism

You write thatn liberals came around to gay marriage before the gayrights movement did. And initially, the leading militant aids action group act up had recognizing equities baked into the private insurance system. But soon thereafter, you write that the horizon was suddenly curtailed quite dramatically. The movement shifted its focus to insuring gay inclusion in marriage so as to access the class exclusionary private health care system. It's an incredible loss, and it's an incredible step wad in terms of reimagining public health, which is what the act up movement, at its most interesting, was about.

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