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The American Library Association is Queering the Catalog

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The Differences Between Queer Theory and Lesbian and Gay Studies

Queer theory is distinct from lesbian and gay studies. They're different, they have different agendas. The gay civil rights movement has acknowledged it all along while hiding behind their bodies and their civil rights movement to advance their poisoned agenda. Queer theory argued that this recuperative approach was dangerous. It froze identities in time and universalized them,. erasing the real differences that accompany same sex sexuality on the scales of time and place.

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