That time LGBT rights were another marketing strategy for imperialism.

Posted by Darkmatter on Monday, May 4, 2015

Boston By Janani Balasubramanian. Bluestockings Bookstore, New York City. Mar. 2014. Performance.

When Brown Looks in the Mirror and Comes Out White. By Alok Vaid-Menon. Leeway Foundation’s Trans Literary Salon, Philadelphia. June 2014. Performance.

#tbt that time we crashed Jerusalem pride and sprayed water out of a bottle that said "Stop Pinkwashing!"

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padma & parvati patil

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Confused by what pinkwashing is? Or homonationalism? Or Gay imperialism? Read this! #NoHomonationalism http://t.co/AJX2KriHrL

— DarkMatter (@DarkMatterPoets) May 18, 2014

the closet narrative is imperialist AKA global south is closeted (backwards) waiting to be brought out by western savior #NoHomonationalism

— DarkMatter (@DarkMatterPoets) May 17, 2014

Global LGBT movements receive white washed, cis-sexualized, neoliberal narratives of Stonewall & US gay movement #NoHomonationalism

— DarkMatter (@DarkMatterPoets) May 17, 2014

Further Reading:

Jahangiri, Mahroh. “Gay Israeli Men and Babies Evacuated from Nepal, Mothers Left Behind.” Feministing. 7 May 2015. Web. 27 June 2015.

#ItGetsBitter

Gay rights are for rich gay whites.

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It Gets Bourgie. By DarkMatter. The Public Theater, Under the Radar Festival, New York City. Jan. 2015. Performance.

White Fetish. By DarkMatter. Hampshire College, Amhearst. Mar. 2014. Performance.

gay "rights"

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#Somewhereovertherainbow there's a queer movement that doesn't rely on state recognition of our ways of loving

— DarkMatter (@DarkMatterPoets) May 15, 2014

#SomewhereOverTheRainbow. Imagine.

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We are nothing (and that is beautiful). By Alok Vaid-Menon. TEDxMiddlebury, Middlebury. Dec. 2013. Performance.

My Mother’s Feet. By Janani Balasubramanian. Bluestockings Bookstore, New York City. Mar. 2014. Performance.

Everyday challenges

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the revolution will be fabulous.

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#SomeWhereOverTheRainbow 1. Ending Poverty 2. Dismantling White Supremacy 3. Ending US Imperialism 4. Abolishing Prisons will be the agenda

— DarkMatter (@DarkMatterPoets) May 15, 2014