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Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

It was a much moreproactive agenda, that said, "Okay, let's get back to Gay Liberation." -...

It was a much more
proactive agenda, that said, "Okay, let's get back to Gay Liberation." - Queer Nation was a relatively
diverse organization, and I joined it in San
Francisco, and it was all about queer visibility

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It was a much more proactive agenda, that said,
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"Okay, let's get back to Gay Liberation."
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- Queer Nation was a relatively diverse organization,
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and I joined it in San Francisco, and it was all about
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queer visibility.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:45
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Totho,Desire Productions

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Movie Summary

A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's disapproval of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender communities.
It just became an intentional, political choice to go out - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:14
It just became an intentional, political choice to go out
- We had been with ACT UP, we had been political, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:09
- We had been with ACT UP, we had been political,
- Two, four, six, eight, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:05
- Two, four, six, eight,
Two, four, six, eight, how do you know - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:05
Two, four, six, eight, how do you know
- I was by myself, I hadn't made that many friends - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:06
- I was by myself, I hadn't made that many friends
I said, "I'm gonna go, and I'm just gonna stand - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:25
I said, "I'm gonna go, and I'm just gonna sta...
And we painted the car to look vaguely like a police car, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:16
And we painted the car to look vaguely like a police car,
And we towed this thing down Market Street - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:06
And we towed this thing down Market Street
And just sort of let it all hang out that we were the punks, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:07
And just sort of let it all hang out that we were the punks,
- And all the sudden, around the corner comes this. - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:05
- And all the sudden, around the corner comes this.
- They pulled the cop car, they all were around it, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:19
- They pulled the cop car, they all were around it,
So then I just jumped into the parade, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:12
So then I just jumped into the parade,
For me it was the baseball bat, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:06
For me it was the baseball bat,
- And so all of these people became my friends, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:07
- And so all of these people became my friends,
It was a life-changing day, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:06
It was a life-changing day,
- It was a crystallizing moment because we were like, - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:13
- It was a crystallizing moment because we were like,
- In front of that was a banner that said - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:16
- In front of that was a banner that said
Others of us felt like assimilation - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:07
Others of us felt like assimilation
You know, you demand the right to serve in the military - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:08
You know, you demand the right to serve in the military
We didn't feel it was the spirit of the early - Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 00:09
We didn't feel it was the spirit of the early