Penyingkiran homofobia dan peningkatan visibilitas LGBT
Queer Nation adalah[1] sebuah organisasi penggiat LGBTQ yang berdiri pada Maret 1990 oleh New York City, oleh para penggiat HIV/AIDS dari ACT UP.[2] Empat pendirinya mengecam peningkatan kekerasan anti-gay dan lesbian di jalanan dan bertindak dalam bentuk seni dan media. Kelompok tersebut dikenal karena taktik konfrontasionalnya, slogan-slogannya, dan praktik outing.
GLBT Historical Society (San Francisco). Houses the records of Queer Nation/San Francisco and the San Francisco Street Patrol; also holds papers from several Queer Nation/San Francisco activists, including Fernando Aguayo-Garcia, Brian Bringardner, Gerard Koskovich and Marco Place. In addition, Queer Nation materials appear in other collections at the Historical Society, including the San Francisco Groups LGBT Ephemera Collection and the papers of Jenni Olson.
Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son by Phyllis Burke. New York: Random House, 1993. ISBN0-679-42188-2. In this nonfiction book, the author recounts her struggle to adopt her domestic partner's son, a drama that is set against a backdrop of Queer Nation actions in San Francisco in 1990-1992.
