Mick Hartley

The last lot of us defeated right wing homophobia, this generation will defeat left wing homophobia.

Both of them call us Queers and neither cares very much if we are insulted. Both practice conversion therapy, one by prayer, the other by gender. Both do homophobic violence,…

— Dennis Noel Kavanagh (@Jebadoo2) April 1, 2024

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The last lot of us defeated right wing homophobia, this generation will defeat left wing homophobia.

Both of them call us Queers and neither cares very much if we are insulted. Both practice conversion therapy, one by prayer, the other by gender. Both do homophobic violence, one on the street, one in surgery. Both are disgusted by variously by our “sinful behaviour” or the modern equivalents “sexual racism”/ “genital fetishism”. Both have control of the levers of power and both face grassroots opposition that will destroy them.

Neither listens to us very much and both regard us principally as a medical issue.

But success is our destiny and failure theirs. There is nothing very much new in history and this chapter is nearly over. Gender falls in 2024 and perhaps we close a book on the spasms of left and right and their struggle to adapt to kids that are just different, boys who just want to kiss each other and heaven forbid, two women who can get on just fine without a bloke.