Gay is the new Black?

a lecture by Kenyon Farrow

Since the passage of Prop 8, the idea that Gay Is The New Black has become a new slogan used by same-sex marriage advocates. But has sexual orientation replaced race as the new barometer of social justice in America? Kenyon Farrow will trace the roots of this rhetoric and chart a new course for an LGBT agenda that includes racial and economic justice.

Kenyon is the Executive Director of Queers for Economic Justice, an organization dedicated to organizing, research, and advocacy for and with low-income and working-class lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. Kenyon previously served as the National Public Education Director. He is the co-editor of “Letters From Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out” (Nation Books 2005) and the upcoming “A New Queer Agenda” and Stand Up! The Politics of Racial Uplift (South End Press).

This lecture is free and open to the public