Queer of Color Critique
Brings together decolonial and queer perspectives
Queer Indigenous Studies
What parts of speech can queer be?
Noun, Adjective, Verb
A round structure meant to contain people that can be internalized
Foucault's Panopticon
On a base level, Queer Theory questions....
Norms
What is colonialism's relationship to the gender binary?
Colonialism created the gender binary
What does "queering" mean?
To actively "do" queer. Queer as a verb.
Gender is not inherent, rather it is...
performed (Judith Butler)
Queer Theory does *not* support Pride, why not?
Reinforces normative social structures rather than questioning/dismantling them (assimilation)
What are the limitations of Queer Theory's foundations, and how has this been addressed?
Queer theory's foundations is critiqued as "white" in which scholars of color have actively addressed this limitation to allow for Queer Theory to be expanded into all fields from all perspectives.
What is a historical way to say "strange"?
Queer
I am this, but I don't act like this (for my safety)
Disidentification. (José Esteban Muñoz)
Gender is _____ rather than being essential/fixed
socially constructed
Who originally coined the term "Queer Theory"?
Gloria Anzaldúa in the 80s
How has the term "queer" been reclaimed?
Reclaimed as a term of empowerment in the 80's
In order for liberation to be achieved...
All systems of oppression must be dismantled (Marquis Bey; Jesse A. Goldberg)
Can straight and cis people be queer?
Yes! Queer Theory: challenges all normative expectations of being
Why must we center the "punks, bulldaggers, and welfare queens" in liberatory work?
If those who are the most affected by systems of domination are not at the center, any solution will be partial.
Who does the queer umbrella include?
Everyone who pushes against hetero-cis-normativities.
To make sense of life I turn towards theory
There is no one way to be trans. How does transness reveal the restrictions of gender norms?
Gender and gender expression is not binary and does not need to be confined to a binary