"without the perverts, without the drag queens, without the leather daddies and dykes, without the transsexuals of every variety, without the dirty, disreputable people, there would be a lot of gay folk politely huddling in their closets. The LG is nothing without the BT."

Amen. It is so important to keep the contributions of the queer, the kinky and the generally nonconforming visible. Amazing how often and how easily they get rendered invisible by those who would be happier if the gay/straight difference were about nothing other than the gender of the person with whom you make your middle-class-monogamous home.

It's worth pointing out that the Feinberg/Rivera interview that you posted was published in Workers' World, hardly a middle class oriented publication. And it makes me think about organizations like Queers for Economic Justice that work hard on the intersections of economic oppression and queer issues.

Social justice is not about the right to assimilate into the dominant culture. It is about the right for all people to have decent housing, living wages, health, education. 

...because public space really matters!

Elizabeth