In the eyes of Against Equality (AE), the mainstream gay agenda has shifted. No longer pursuing larger social issues, groups like Human Rights campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force instead concern themselves with members of the LGBT community that are least impacted by discrimination.
In the eyes of Against Equality (AE), the mainstream gay agenda has shifted. No longer pursuing larger social issues, groups like Human Rights campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force instead concern themselves with members of the LGBT community that are least impacted by discrimination.
AE’s work is an effort to create a political and intellectual environment that meets three simple demands: “…People’s worth (should) not be determined by their marital status, that the military should not be seen as an arbiter of justice or social mobility, and that prisons be emptied of those whose fragile but potent existence calls capitalism itself into question.”
Their name and message has not been well received by many in the LGBT-activist community, though Yasmin Nair, one of AE’s members, said their message is often misinterpreted. ”When it comes to workplace discrimination, for instance, it’s not so much your identity that should matter, it’s your place as a worker that should matter.”
