Queer Politics

As a political science major I defiantly see the need for articles such as Cathy J. Cohens “Punks, Bulldaggers and Welfare Queens”. Cohen made some very valid points about the exclusion of queer people in politics. “Queers want to be represented and included fully in left political analysis and American culture. Thus what queers want is to be a part of a social, economic and culture.” It saddens me that Democratic Party is supposed to be in favor or social justice, and has managed to exclude queers from its movement toward social equality. In practice, tolerance is supposed to be of all people and all things, but it is clear that America is not yet a truly tolerant country. I agree with the author of “Why I hated the march on Washington” in that “assimilation is killing us”. Images such as the nuclear family that promote “mommies and daddies” are keeping us in boxes that are oppressing a large group of people. These people are homosexuals, transsexuals and queers who America often deems unworthy of, or unfitting for, parenthood, political representation or equality under the law. Much like race, socioeconomic and gender, homosexuals make up a group of people, a part of society that should be represented. Having a clear understanding of politics, it is clear that for any group to be fully acknowledged in our country as “equals” they must have politic representation. The Democratic Party is failing this group, and is untrue to its idea of “social justice”. This really disappoints me. Politics are really queer. Political homos.