Charles there are times I could close my eyes and imagine you are an editor of The New Masses jumping all over a, "Trotskyite Fascist, " in '37. Shades of, "constructive engagement, " logic there too.
Been yrs. since I've read these but, my suggested readings on LGBT liberation and marxist/radical theory and history. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2001- January/016977.html (thread on german maoist homophobes, Neue Einheit, "Against The Aggressive Homosexualism."
Gay Men and the Sexual History of
> the Political Left," edited by Gert Hekma, Harry Oosterhuis & James
> Steakley,
> (Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 1995), $24.95 paperback. First
> chapter, in exhaustive detail relates every anti-homosexual comment of
> Marx
> and Engels. And was Karl ever ferocious in his hatred of homosexuals esp.
> those active in the First Int'l.
> Here is a URL for a review by Solidarity member, Peter Drucker.
> http://www.igc.org/solidarity/peter68.txt
Homosexuality: Power and Politics by Gay Left Collective (Paperback - December 1980)
Virtual Equality : The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation by URVASHI VAID
Sexuality and Its Discontents: Meanings, Myths, and Modern Sexualities by Jeffrey Weeks, also by him, "Coming Out: Homosexual Politics in Britain from the Nineteenth Century to the Present."
Homosexual Desire (Series Q) by Guy Hocquenghem, et al
Translator of Marx in the 70's, David Fernbach, "Spiral Path: A Gay Contribution to Human Survival."
"The Construction of Homosexuality, " by David F. Greenberg (he also edited, "Crime and Capitalism, " a thick tome.)
"The Homosexualization of America, " by Dennis Altman also see his earlier classic, "Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation." Martin Duberman, Martha Vicinus, and George Chauncey, Jr. (editors): "Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past."
Michael Warner (editor): "Fear of a Queer Planet: Queer Politics and Social Theory." (Lingua Franca had a piece on Warner.)
"Queer Theory: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities, " T. de Lauretis.
Steven Epstein, "Gay Politics, Ethnic Identity: The Limits of Social Constructionism," Socialist Review 93/93 (1987) reprinted in, "Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy, " by Edward Stein (Editor) (Paperback - May 1992) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guide to Gay and Lesbian Resources: Table of Contents
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/gaylesb/glgtoc.html