POLITICAL PRO-QUEER GROUPS

This site is intended to be a resource to all who wish to know about pro-queer political advocacy groups. This page highlights 6 websites that provide a vast amount of information regarding the origin, purpose, upcoming goals, links, and tactics of the particular organization. The name of the site, URL, a breif description and a critical analysis of each site is provided in the table below. Analyses of the pro-queer political sites were compiled by UCLA students enrolled in a sociology course entitled "Contested Sexualities." The premise of this class is to bring attention to the notion that sexuality is socially constructed.

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Political Pro-Queer Sites
 

Names of Organizations	URLs	Brief Description	Analyses
Stonewall	http://www.stonewall.org.uk	Advocacy group for queers in UK.	analysis #1
Human Rights Campaign	http://www.hrc.org/	Political Advocacy group for queers.	analysis #2
Wired Strategies	http://wiredstrategies.com/hate.html	Political internet consultant firm	analysis #3
GLAAD	http://www.glaad.org	Political advocacy for queers and lesbians	analysis #4

ACT UP

http://www.actupny.org/

Radical AIDS activist group

analysis #5