Amber Hollibaugh and Laura Flanders on Making Desire Political

July 2, 2012

Anne

Over at GRITtv, Laura Flanders interviews Queers for Economic Justice Co-Director Amber Hollibaugh about politics, desire and activism. Amber shares her radical vision for re-setting the agenda around sexuality:

“Being respectful of the extraordinary work that’s happened in the last 30 years is not the same thing as it reflecting my values…I didn’t want us to have wars, I didn’t want us to have armies, and I didn’t want to register my relationship with the state.“

A full transcript of the conversation is available at Truthout. Related:

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