Sexual Dissidents and the Left
The Old Left, we\u2019re told, was narrowly focused on issues of class to the detriment of other struggles, such as those of queer people. But Aaron Lecklider argues that there has long been an affinity between political and sexual dissidents. He suggests that McCarthyism and the Cold War obscured history that was an open secret in the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and beyond \u2013 of the complex entanglement of homosexuality and communism. \nResources:\nAaron Lecklider, Love\u2019s Next Meeting: The Forgotten History of Homosexuality and the Left in American Culture UC Press, 2021\nThe post Sexual Dissidents and the Left appeared first on KPFA.