Activist Mario Mieli plays with language and vocabulary as a stylistic and political tool promoting queer and revolutionary ideas.
Queer Philologies
Dismantling Borders: (Un)Naming the Queer Diasporic Algérienne
In Garçon manqué [Tomboy] (2000), Nina Bouraoui explores nation, culture, gender identity and queer desire.
Filth, Flamboyance and Fun in Gay Slang Polari
Polari is the language of survival—a play on words, a political act.
The Languages of Queer History
Studying the language of queer history gives us insight into past efforts to control the social value of gender and sexuality by defining their meaning.
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Pubic Politics in Homosexual Action Groups in 1970s West Germany
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