That's Revolting! by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Her writing has been widely published' in places as diverse as Best American Erotica' Best American Gay Fiction' Women and Performance' and Slingshot. Matt Bernstein Sycamore' is the author of a novel' Pulling Taffy (Suspect Thoughts)' and the editor of Tricks and Treats Sex Workers Write About Their Clients (Haworth 2000) and Dangerous Families Queer Writing on Surviving (Haworth' forthcoming 2003). 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. This lively composite portrait of cutting-edge queer activism is a clarion call for anyone who questions the value of becoming the Stepford Homosexual. This updated edition contains seven new selections that cover everything from rural, working-class youth in Massachusetts to gay life in New Orleans to the infamous Drop the Debt/Stop AIDS action in New York. Laura, Sit on My Face,' 'Gay Art Guerrillas,' and 'Queer Parents: An Oxymoron Or Just Plain Moronic?' by unrepentant activists like Patrick Califia, Kate Bornstein, and Carol Queen.

Edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That's Revolting! collects timely essays such as 'Dr. That's Revolting! offers a bracing tonic to these trends. Trannies are out because they might offend straights.

What's more, queers remain under attack: Gay youth shelters can be vetoed because they might reduce property values. As the growing gay mainstream prioritizes the attainment of straight privilege over all else, it drains queer identity of any meaning, relevance, or cultural value.

That's Revolting! by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore