Anti Gay? Anti Gay Communists?
Towards a Gay Communism: Elements of a Homosexual Critique, Mario Mieli's seminal book, first published in Italian in 1977, is an early landmark of revolutionary-queer theory, and it is now available in its entirety and unabridged English translation for the first time. Mieli's essay remains one of the most important works ever to address the relationship between homosexuality, homophobia, and capitalism, posing a radical challenge to today's dominant queer theory and politics. Mieli exposes the efficiency with which capitalism co-opts 'perversions' that are then sold wholesale and retail' with extraordinary foresight. According to him, the liberation of homosexual desire necessitates the efforts of sexuality from patriarchal sex roles and capital.
Towards a Gay Communism is a previously overlooked classic that will be an essential textbook for all who seek to understand the true meaning of sexual liberation under capitalism today, drawing heavily on Marx and psychoanalysis to arrive at a dazzlingly original vision.
In today's culture, Communist attitudes toward gay rights have shifted dramatically. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, communists and Marxist-Leninists differed on Gay rights; some were among the first political parties to support Gay rights, while others harshly vilified the gay community.
Communist leaders and scholars throughout history have taken diverse positions on gay-rights issues. In the existing literature, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said very little on the subject, and what they did say was disdainful. Marx, in particular, very seldom opined on sexuality in general. Huneke, Samuel (22 March 2022). "Communist states have sometimes been havens for LGBTQ rights". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
We argue here that Marxism-Leninism does not support the term LGBTQ, but rather gay or homosexual. The materialism of Marx is the dialectical relationship between entity and consciousness, which states that substance is an INDIVIDUAL of human consciousness and can be reflected by objective reality; consciousness is a rumination of substance and has a counter-effect on it. Consciousness is specified by substance, and consciousness is a reevaluation of an object. The application of dialectical materialism to human history has resulted in historical materialism.
However, the distinction between LGBTQ and Gay is that the former is a communal existence while the latter can be an individual that draws inspiration from an autonomous substance. The non-unitary of the LGBTQ foreshadows a possibility of politicization, which runs counter to the initial ideology of Marxism-Leninism - it also stands that LGBTQ introspects a guilty for Western history.
During the McCarthy era (the late 1940s and early 1950s), American senator Joseph McCarthy saw homosexuality and communism as threats to the "American way of life"; in both cases, "association with sickness and disease provided a means of legitimizing isolation from impressionable young people." [Carlson, Dennis (1997). "Gayness, multicultural education, and community". Beyond black and white: New faces and voices in the U.S. Schools. pp. 233–256. ] Homosexuality seemed primarily linked with security considerations, and federal workers got fired because of their sexual orientation than because they were politically left-wing or communist. "The specter of the invisible homosexual, like that of the invisible communist, haunted Cold War America," wrote George Chauncey, and homosexuality (and homosexuals) were constantly referred to not only as a disease but also as an invasion, similar to the potential harm of communist rule. [Field, Douglas, ed. (2005). American cold war culture. Edinburgh University Press.]
McCarthy sometimes combined the Second Red Scare with the lavender scare in his anti-communist campaign, using homosexuality allegations as a smear strategy. He once went so far as to tell reporters - they had to be either Communists or cocksuckers if they wanted to oppose McCarthy. [Cuordileone, K.A. (2000). "'Politics in an Age of Anxiety': Cold War Political Culture and the Crisis in American Masculinity, 1949–1960". The Journal of American History. 87 (2): 515–545.]
Phil Tiemeyer explores the development of men serving as flight attendants in this fascinating new history. Plane Queer explores the history of men who entered professions that seemed typically considered to be female-oriented, starting with the profession's beginnings in the late 1920s and continuing into the post-September 11 era. It investigates the numerous difficulties these guys encountered at work, giving close attention to the mixing of prejudice based on gender, sexual orientation, and AIDS.
Tiemeyer also looks at how this group of workers, many of whom identified as gay, established a crucial space for gay men to come out, win acceptance from their coworkers, combat homophobia and AIDS phobia, and promote LGBT civil rights. While this was going on, male flight attendants helped pave the way for significant advancements in gender-based civil rights law, including an expansion of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act's protections against sex discrimination in the workplace. During their history, males who worked as flight attendants contributed to the evolution of an industry that was frequently associated with American exploration, technological advancement, and financial might into a gay zone.
Homosexuality is a tragic fact of Western history, an undeniable reality. Within and between, the most valuable reaction for people to keep in mind is not homosexuality itself, but sexism that humans face in their daily lives. The possible explanation that we bring communism and homosexuality into a panel by a historical similarity - The evolution of communism and homosexuality throughout history has been contentious and unacceptable by most. Unfortunately, no objective existence can be avoided.
Humanity's peace necessitates a consensus on coexistence, perhaps by giving every being a space to live and be treated with respect. Capture the vision of value interaction - respect while respecting.
Noemi Barbera | 07:55 AM
Mon, 21 Mar, 2023
Palermo, Italy
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