Before responding here, please read Resisting normativity: Queer musings on politics, identity, and the performance of therapy by Julie Tilsen and David Nylund. In this article, Julie & David propose that the modern gay rights movement engages in ‘hetero-normativity’, offering instead a ‘queer’ lens that honors multiple versions of sexual freedom and diversity. What is your response to the reclamation of the word ‘queer’ as a term of empowerment? Do you see the concept of…
