The role of homophobia, misogyny, and the violence of empire is being overlooked in conversations about the conditions that gave rise to the Pulse nightclub massacre, said activist Yasmin Nair. “I think right now the impulse on the part of many, certainly the right, but also I think many in the gay community, unfortunately, including […]
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Dr. Yasmin Nair is a freelance writer, activist, academic, and commentator based in Chicago. She is the co-founder of the editorial collective Against Equality and a member of Gender JUST, a radical queer grassroots organization based in Chicago. The bastard child of queer theory and deconstruction, Nair has numerous critical essays, book reviews, investigative journalism, op-eds, and photography to her credit. She has appeared in publications like In These Times, Monthly Review, The Awl, The Chicago Reader, GLQ, The Progressive, make/shift, Time Out Chicago, The Bilerico Project, Windy City Times, Bitch, Maximum Rock'n'Roll, and No More Potlucks.
