Homocon

Homocon, an abbreviation of the (often pejorative) term "homoconservative" was coined in reference to GLBT people who adopt politics considered right-wing by traditionally leftist advocates of gay rights such as Queer Nation and the Gay Liberation Front. The rising popularity of Log Cabin Republicans illustrates a radical shift from the days when gay Republicans such as Roy Cohn and J. Edgar Hoover hid same-sex attractions deep in their closets. Homocons are men and women who assert conservative politics while acknowledging homosexual subjectivities. The rising prominence of homocons in such popular publications as The New York Times, The New Republic and The Los Angeles Times, has inspired a wide array of critiques from more radical activists and writers such as Richard Goldstein, Michael Warner and Patrick Califia. Goldstein uses the word homocon interchangeably with attack queer, in reference to his belief that homocons are "the gay auxiliary in the backlash against feminism".
Notes and References
*Goldstein, Richard. The Attack Queers. New York: Verso, 2002.
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