gay liberation
Articles about gay liberation, homophobia and gay and lesbian oppression.
Towards a Gay Communism
'Towards a Gay Communism' was originally the last chapter of Mario Mieli's book 'Homosexuality & Liberation "” Elements of a gay critique', first published in Italy as 'Elementi di critica omosessuale' [Turin: Giulio Einaudi, 1977]. An English translation of the entire book was made by David Fernbach [London: Gay Men's Press, 1980]. The same year this chapter was reprinted as a pamphlet [London: pirate productions, 1980]
Guerin, Daniel, 1904-1988
A biography of the French libertarian communist and gay liberationist intellectual, Daniel Guerin.
Daniel Guerin was born in Paris on 19th May 1904. His family was well-off, with a liberal and Dreyfusard* outlook. His family background was conducive to a vivid interest in the arts, letters and music. He distinguished himself at university. Reading Marx, Proudhon, Sorel, Lenin and Trotsky in 1930, Guerin broke with his bourgeois upbringing and began to be active on the left.
Hoy, Senna, 1882-1914
A short biography of German Jewish anarchist and gay liberationist Senna Hoy.
Senna Hoy was born Johannes Holzmann in 1882 into a well-off Jewish family. He is mentioned as a member of Helen Blavatsky’s Theosophical circle in Berlin in 1903, when he would have been eighteen.
