Fed Up Queers
Fed Up Queers, or FUQ, was a
The group grew out of the
Fed Up Queers held political funerals for murdered
They were the first
Later, Fed Up Queers stormed Giuliani's keynote speech to the
Fed Up Queers, with the support of Act Up and Health GAP, disrupted kick-off events of Vice President Al Gore's Presidential campaign in three cities, denouncing his role in the threat of trade sanctions against Nelson Mandela's South Africa if it did not repeal the Medicines Act. Ultimately, pressure from Jesse Jackson and activists resulted in the United States adjusting its trade policies to enable poor countries, such as South Africa, to gain access to essential medicines.[10][11]
The group lasted two and half years. Some claim the group disbanded due to tactical disagreements. Others claim the breakup was due to one activist pushing his agenda of cross-generational sex.[12] Various members of the group continued to stage actions using the name, or occasionally reuniting in response to particular events.[13]
A new group called Fed Up Queers formed in 2009, in Arkansas.[14]
Notable actions
- Stop the Parade, activists attempted to stop Pride Parade by chaining themselves across Fifth Avenue in New York City, June 28, 1998[15]
- Queers Bash Back, march to bring attention to the knife attack of a lesbian in Brooklyn, and murders of gay men and trans people in the city, Brooklyn, NY, September 27, 1998[16]
- Matthew Shepard Political Funeral, New York City, October 19, 1998[17]
- Wake Up for World AIDS Day, midnight "wake up call" to New York State Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn's house in Flushing, Queens, NY. December 1, 1998[18]
- Your Bullets are Racist, protesting the NYPD's murder of Amadou Diallo, New York City, February 22, 1999[19]
- Political funeral for Billy Jack Gaither, March 15, 1999[20][21]
- Gore's Greed Kills, Carthage, TN; New York, NY; Manchester, NH, June–July 1999[22]
- Protesting Roosevelt Hotel, August 28, 1999.[23]
- Activists chained themselves to the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center before it was lit (and were promptly arrested), to protest lighting ceremonies being held on World AIDS Day. December 1, 1999[24]
- Political funeral for Sakia Gunn, July 11, 2003[citation needed]
Publications
- Splayed, a spoof on the straight-owned gay newspaper The Gay Blade, otherwise known as The New York Blade, after it fired one of its employees for their "gay bias" in an article.
References
- ISBN 1-85984-356-5.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "N+1:How to Survive a Footnote". 11 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "Nobody Passes: Is That Blood on Your Hands". Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ "Two-Faced Justice...First Diallo Arrestees". Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Revolutionary Worker Online: Protests Denounce Police Murder of Amadou Diallo". Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Nobody Passes: Is That Blood on Your Hands". Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ "Gay Today: Group Expresses Its Fury Over Log Cabin-GOP Alliance". Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ Lueck, Thomas J. (29 August 1999). "New York Times: Giuliani Gets Warm Reception From Gay Republicans' Group". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "Village Voice: Confronting the Pride Divide". 31 August 1999. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "Harvard Law School: The South Africa AIDS Controversy, A Case Study in Patent Law and Policy" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "The Body: The Battle for Global Treatment Access". Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ISBN 978-1-59376-195-0.
- ^ "Raging Pride: Exclusive Video - ACT UP's 25th Anniversary Commemoration". 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "We Are Fed Up Queers". Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ Hu, Winnie (29 June 1998). "New York Times: Spirit and Spectacle In a Show of Pride". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "Workers World October 8, 1998: Zero Tolerance for Gay-Trans Bashing". Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "New York News: Back to the Streets". Retrieved 2009-06-10.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Wake Up for World AIDS Day: Queens Chronicle Article". 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ISBN 9781604861495. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ^ "Workers World: Gay-bashing must end, marchers say". Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "abovegroundpool: event flyer image". 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ^ "CNN Live coverage on You Tube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "New York News:Confronting the Pride Divide". Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ^ "CNN.com: Rockefeller Center Christmas tree officially lighted". CNN. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
External links
- Archive of NYC Fed Up Queers images, abovegroundpool on flickr