/543/ Squeamish About Sex, Aroused By Identity ft. Ran Heilbrunn

On abolishing queer theory.

Ran Heilbrunn talks to Lee Jones and Alex Hochuli about his chapter, “Abolish Queer Theory!” in the edited collection Inversion: Gay Life after the Homosexual.

What is queer theory and why should it be abolished?
What is the meaning behind the shift in terms: invert, to homosexual, to gay, to queer?
How does queer theory politicise sex and why is this bad?
Do our libidos care about social inclusion? Can they?
Is identity okay but identity politics bad?

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Links:

Inversion: Gay Life after the Homosexual, Aman Namaman and Pierre d’Alancaisez (eds.), Verdurin, 2025